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Census tracts are small, relatively permanent subdivisions of a county that are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in conjunction with local authorities all across the country to define real neighborhoods that are bounded to contain areas with homogeneous population characteristics (including economic status, lifestyle, and living conditions). Census tracts usually have 4,000 persons, but can range between 1,500 and 8,000 persons. This is the most fine-grained area for which detailed information is made available from the government, to protect the individual privacy of each of us. Because census tracts are based on population, they vary in size depending on the density of settlement. In urban areas, they are small, and in rural areas they can cover an entire small town or even a few small towns in very rural areas.
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Sherrills Ford is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,797 people and just one neighborhood, Sherrills Ford is the 221st largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Sherrills Ford, 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 Sherrills Ford, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Sherrills Ford’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Sherrills Ford does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $97,276.00.
Sherrills Ford home prices are not only among the most expensive in North Carolina, but Sherrills Ford real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Occupations and Workforce
Sherrills Ford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sherrills Ford is a town of managers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Sherrills Ford who work in management occupations (28.26%), office and administrative support (8.22%), and the sciences (7.69%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Sherrills Ford has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.38% 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.
Setting & Lifestyle
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!) Sherrills Ford 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. Sherrills Ford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sherrills Ford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sherrills Ford may be for you.
In Sherrills Ford, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.69 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Sherrills Ford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
The overall education level of Sherrills Ford citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.22% of adults in Sherrills Ford have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Sherrills Ford in 2022 was $67,008, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $268,032 for a family of four. However, Sherrills Ford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sherrills Ford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sherrills Ford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sherrills Ford include German, English, Irish, Albanian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Sherrills Ford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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.
Real Estate
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
People
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.2% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in North Carolina, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in North Carolina.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry.
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 Sherrills Ford are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.1% 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 neighborhood, 58.8% 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 19.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.1%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.4%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Sherrills Ford, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
Getting to Work
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 (30.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.1%) 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 (9.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
