Albertson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,896 people and just one neighborhood, Albertson is the 258th largest community in North Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Albertson is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.35% of the Albertson workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Albertson is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albertson who work in healthcare (13.11%), maintenance occupations (12.00%), and farm management occupations (9.32%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Albertson work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
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!) Albertson 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. Albertson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Albertson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Albertson may be for you.
In Albertson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.20 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Albertson doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Albertson have a very low rate of college education: just 6.85% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Albertson in 2022 was $23,736, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,944 for a family of four. However, Albertson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Albertson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Albertson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Albertson, accounting for 53.66% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Albertson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albertson include English, German, French, Irish, and Scots-Irish.
Albertson also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 35.53%.
The most common language spoken in Albertson is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French Creole.
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 Albertson, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 99.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 48.7% 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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.2% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Albertson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 42.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 39.0% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.1%), and 9.3% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 49.9% of households. Some people also speak English (48.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Albertson, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (27.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report German roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.1%), among others. In addition, 35.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (37.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.4%) 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 (19.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.