Loxley is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 4,404 people and just one neighborhood, Loxley is the 151st largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Loxley, 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 Loxley, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Loxley’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Loxley does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $89,435.00.
Loxley real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Loxley house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Loxley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loxley is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Loxley who work in management occupations (15.00%), teaching (11.63%), and sales jobs (10.98%).
A relatively large number of people in Loxley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
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!) Loxley 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. Loxley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Loxley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Loxley may be for you.
The education level of Loxley citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.34% of adults in Loxley have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Loxley in 2022 was $35,476, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,904 for a family of four. However, Loxley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Loxley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Loxley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loxley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Loxley include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Loxley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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.
Of particular note, 11.4% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 91.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.0% of all American neighborhoods.
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 Loxley are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.3% 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, 31.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (27.8%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.3%).
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 Loxley, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (6.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.4%), and residents who report English roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.0%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.8%) 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.