Remlap - Locust Fork is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,932 people and just one neighborhood, Remlap - Locust Fork is the 109th largest community in Alabama.
Unlike some towns, Remlap - Locust Fork isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Remlap - Locust Fork are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Remlap - Locust Fork is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Remlap - Locust Fork who work in office and administrative support (17.74%), sales jobs (10.18%), and personal care services (8.29%).
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!) Remlap - Locust Fork 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. Remlap - Locust Fork has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Remlap - Locust Fork than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Remlap - Locust Fork may be for you.
In Remlap - Locust Fork, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.93 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Remlap - Locust Fork does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Remlap - Locust Fork has a very low overall level of education: only 8.61% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Remlap - Locust Fork in 2022 was $28,751, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,004 for a family of four. However, Remlap - Locust Fork contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Remlap - Locust Fork is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Remlap - Locust Fork home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Remlap - Locust Fork residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Remlap - Locust Fork also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.31% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Remlap - Locust Fork include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Bulgarian.
The most common language spoken in Remlap - Locust Fork is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.1% of all American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
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 Remlap - Locust Fork are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.4% 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, 32.7% 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 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.4%), and 18.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.1%).
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 Remlap - Locust Fork, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.9%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
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 (35.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (90.7%) 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 (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.