Axson is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 360 people and just one neighborhood, Axson is the 432nd largest community in Georgia. Axson has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Axson, where the median household income is $79,338.00.
Axson is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Axson is a town of professionals, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Axson who work in business and financial occupations (39.16%), teaching (26.51%), and community and social services (25.90%).
The overall crime rate in Axson 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!) Axson 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. Axson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Axson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Axson may be for you.
Axson 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.
The citizens of Axson are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.50% of adults in Axson have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Axson in 2022 was $38,575, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,300 for a family of four. However, Axson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Axson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Axson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Axson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Axson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Axson include German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Axson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic 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.
Of note, 76.3% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
In addition, priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.7% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Axson is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in GA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.8% of the neighborhoods in Georgia. If you are considering retiring to Georgia, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 48.2% 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.
In addition, 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 95.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 6.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 88.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Axson are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 76.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.1% 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, 44.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.0%), and 6.0% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 72.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (27.3%).
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 Axson, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (24.6%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (4.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.3%), among others. In addition, 12.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (41.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.1%) 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 (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.