Holly Pond is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 860 people and just one neighborhood, Holly Pond is the 310th largest community in Alabama.
Unlike some towns, Holly Pond isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Holly Pond are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Holly Pond is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Holly Pond who work in food service (14.80%), office and administrative support (12.08%), and management occupations (7.55%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.65% 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.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Holly Pond is worth considering.
One downside of living in Holly Pond, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.56 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Holly Pond doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Holly Pond rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.46% of adults 25 and older in Holly Pond have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Holly Pond in 2022 was $23,242, 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 $92,968 for a family of four. However, Holly Pond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Holly Pond home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holly Pond residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Holly Pond include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Holly Pond is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 Holly Pond are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.3% 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, 34.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.6%), and 18.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.2%).
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 Holly Pond, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report English roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.9%).
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 (37.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
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 (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.