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McIntosh, AL

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Overview


McIntosh is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 197 people and just one neighborhood, McIntosh is the 380th largest community in Alabama.

McIntosh real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although McIntosh house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, McIntosh is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.11% of the McIntosh workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, McIntosh is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in McIntosh who work in office and administrative support (28.95%), healthcare (10.53%), and business and financial occupations (9.21%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, McIntosh has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes McIntosh a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in McIntosh is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In McIntosh, the average commute to work is 36.08 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, McIntosh does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of McIntosh citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.74% of adults 25 and older in McIntosh have a college degree.

The per capita income in McIntosh in 2022 was $33,063, 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 $132,252 for a family of four.

McIntosh is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McIntosh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McIntosh residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in McIntosh include English, Scots-Irish, Swedish, African, and German.

The most common language spoken in McIntosh is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 45.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 23 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 McIntosh are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 36.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.9% 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, 35.9% 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 34.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 McIntosh, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (26.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.4%).

Getting to Work

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 (29.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (82.9%) 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 (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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