Harvest is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,893 people and six associated neighborhoods, Harvest is the 108th largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Harvest, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Harvest, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Harvest’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Harvest does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $96,336.00.
Also of interest is that Harvest has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Harvest is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Harvest a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Harvest has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Harvest’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Being a small town, Harvest does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Harvest citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.85% of adults in Harvest have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Harvest in 2022 was $41,696, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,784 for a family of four. However, Harvest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harvest is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Harvest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harvest residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harvest include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Harvest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.