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Five Points, AL

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Overview


Five Points is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 117 people and just one neighborhood, Five Points is the 398th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Five Points, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.00% of Five Points’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Five Points is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Five Points who work in sales jobs (21.43%), management occupations (10.71%), and teaching (7.14%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Five Points is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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

Five Points is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In Five Points, just 10.31% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Five Points in 2022 was $18,493, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,972 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Five Points is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Five Points, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. 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

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.0% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Five Points are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.4% 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, 37.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.4%), and 14.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Five Points, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (84.3%) 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 (9.0%) . 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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