Flovilla is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 672 people and just one neighborhood, Flovilla is the 374th largest community in Georgia.
When you are in Flovilla, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.20% of Flovilla’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Flovilla is a city of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Flovilla who work in office and administrative support (13.70%), management occupations (12.10%), and business and financial occupations (6.16%).
Also of interest is that Flovilla has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Flovilla 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. Flovilla has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Flovilla than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Flovilla may be for you.
One downside of living in Flovilla is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Flovilla, the average commute to work is 33.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Flovilla doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Flovilla has a very low overall level of education: only 8.05% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Flovilla in 2022 was $25,802, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,208 for a family of four. However, Flovilla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Flovilla is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Flovilla home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flovilla residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Flovilla include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Flovilla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Flovilla 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 86.5% of the neighborhoods in Georgia. If you are considering retiring to Georgia, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Flovilla are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.0% 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, 37.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.8%), and 7.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Flovilla, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (6.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report German roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (1.4%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (33.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (83.9%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.