Blaylock Mill / City Center median real estate price is $162,959, which is less expensive than 84.7% of Georgia neighborhoods and 85.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Blaylock Mill / City Center is currently $1,387, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 83.4% of Georgia neighborhoods.
Blaylock Mill / City Center is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in LaFayette, Georgia.
Blaylock Mill / City Center real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.7% in Blaylock Mill / City Center. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 44.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 96.9% of the adult residents in the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, of particular note, 3.3% of the people in the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Also, the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 23.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 96.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 41.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.2% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood has more Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry.
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 Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood in LaFayette are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood, 41.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.4%), and 13.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.3%).
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 Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood in LaFayette, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.2%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.9%), among others.
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 Blaylock Mill / City Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (63.9%) 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 (23.5%) and 5.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.