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Newville, AL

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Overview


Newville is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 550 people and just one neighborhood, Newville is the 343rd largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Newville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Newville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Newville who work in office and administrative support (13.70%), food service (10.27%), and teaching (8.90%).

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

Newville 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

The percentage of adults in Newville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.06% of adults in Newville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Newville in 2022 was $21,950, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,800 for a family of four. However, Newville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Newville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 94.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Newville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.3% 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, 35.4% 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 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.1%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.

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 Newville, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Scottish roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.3%) 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 (17.0%) . 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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