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Hurtsboro, AL

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Overview


Hurtsboro is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 345 people and just one neighborhood, Hurtsboro is the 357th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hurtsboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 53.60% of the Hurtsboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hurtsboro is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hurtsboro who work in office and administrative support (17.12%), healthcare suport services (10.36%), and sales jobs (6.31%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Hurtsboro’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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!) Hurtsboro 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. Hurtsboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hurtsboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hurtsboro may be for you.

One downside of living in Hurtsboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.50 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Hurtsboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Hurtsboro is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.32% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hurtsboro in 2018 was $21,226, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,904 for a family of four. However, Hurtsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hurtsboro is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hurtsboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hurtsboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hurtsboro include German, Irish, English, Russian, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Hurtsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 16.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of all neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

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 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 4.1% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Alabama. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.

Diversity

Significantly, 2.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Hurtsboro are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.1% of U.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, 38.0% 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 37.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.3%), and 7.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Korean (2.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Hurtsboro, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.9%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (16.8%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (86.8%) 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 (9.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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