Waresboro is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 375 people and just one neighborhood, Waresboro is the 430th largest community in Georgia.
When you are in Waresboro, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.29% of Waresboro’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Waresboro is a town of managers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waresboro who work in management occupations (32.35%), personal care services (22.35%), and office and administrative support (0.00%).
The overall crime rate in Waresboro 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Waresboro has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Waresboro a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Waresboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Waresboro, the average commute to work is 31.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Waresboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Waresboro ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Waresboro in 2022 was $20,872, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,488 for a family of four.
Waresboro is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waresboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waresboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Waresboro include Irish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Waresboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French Creole.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Waresboro, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.2% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 94.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Waresboro are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.5% 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, 36.4% 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 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.0%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).
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 Waresboro, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (4.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.9%), and residents who report German roots (1.9%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.6%) 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 (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.