Brinson is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 216 people and just one neighborhood, Brinson is the 468th largest community in Georgia.
Brinson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brinson is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brinson who work in business and financial occupations (31.13%), office and administrative support (9.43%), and maintenance occupations (7.55%).
Also of interest is that Brinson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Brinson is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brinson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brinson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brinson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brinson may be for you.
One downside of living in Brinson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brinson, the average commute to work is 32.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in Brinson with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.67% of adults in Brinson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Brinson in 2022 was $36,619, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,476 for a family of four. However, Brinson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brinson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brinson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brinson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brinson include English, Irish, European, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Brinson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Brinson, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 35.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Brinson is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in GA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.7% of the neighborhoods in Georgia. If you are considering retiring to Georgia, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Brinson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.3%), and 14.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Brinson, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (1.3%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.