Vance is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,137 people and just one neighborhood, Vance is the 214th largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Vance, 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 Vance, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Vance’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Vance does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $72,759.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vance is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.09% of the Vance workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vance is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vance who work in office and administrative support (13.00%), sales jobs (7.80%), and management occupations (6.97%).
In Vance, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.37 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Vance does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Vance who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.51% of the adults in Vance have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Vance in 2022 was $29,894, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,576 for a family of four. However, Vance contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Vance is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vance home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vance residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vance include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Vance is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 89.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.2% of all American neighborhoods.
The neighborhood stands out within Alabama for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 9.8% of college-friendly places to live in AL.
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 Vance are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 52.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.5% 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 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Vance, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (9.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.7%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (89.9%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.