Newville is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 558 people and just one neighborhood, Newville is the 343rd largest community in Alabama.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Newville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.18% of the Newville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Newville is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Newville who work in office and administrative support (15.79%), teaching (7.60%), and food service (5.26%).
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, Newville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Newville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Newville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Newville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.73% of adults in Newville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Newville in 2022 was $23,030, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,120 for a family of four. However, Newville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Newville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Newville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Newville include English, Irish, German, European, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Newville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and African languages.
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.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 21.2% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.6% 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, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 24 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.0% of America.
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 Newville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% 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, 34.1% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% 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 Newville, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report Scottish roots (4.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.2%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.
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 (42.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.8%) 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 (14.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.