Ardmore is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,393 people and just one neighborhood, Ardmore is the 271st largest community in Alabama.
Ardmore real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Ardmore house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ardmore is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.37% of the Ardmore workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ardmore is a town of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ardmore who work in teaching (8.01%), healthcare (7.14%), and food service (6.97%).
Also of interest is that Ardmore has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One downside of living in Ardmore is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ardmore, the average commute to work is 34.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Ardmore does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Ardmore with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.64% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ardmore in 2022 was $25,776, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,104 for a family of four. However, Ardmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ardmore is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ardmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ardmore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ardmore include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ardmore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Ardmore, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of all American neighborhoods.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. 19.9% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry.
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 Ardmore are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 52.3% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.6% 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 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.5%).
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 Ardmore, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (92.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.