Rydal is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,799 people and just one neighborhood, Rydal is the 275th largest community in Georgia.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rydal is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rydal is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rydal who work in office and administrative support (16.12%), management occupations (13.11%), and sales jobs (6.97%).
Of important note, Rydal is also a town of artists. Rydal has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rydal’s character.
Rydal’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Rydal is worth considering.
One downside of living in Rydal is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rydal, the average commute to work is 36.22 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Rydal 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 percentage of adults in Rydal with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.13% of adults in Rydal have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rydal in 2022 was $32,144, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,576 for a family of four. However, Rydal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rydal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rydal residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Rydal include English, German, Irish, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Rydal is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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 91.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.0% of all American 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 Rydal are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.3% 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 52.5% 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, 31.3% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.8%), and 18.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.
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 Rydal, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (10.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (6.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.7%), along with some Mexican 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 (40.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (91.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.