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Sipsey, AL

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Overview


Sipsey is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 352 people and just one neighborhood, Sipsey is the 355th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sipsey is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.44% of the Sipsey workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Sipsey is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sipsey who work in food service (20.22%), healthcare suport services (13.48%), and office and administrative support (6.74%).

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

One downside of living in Sipsey, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.96 minutes every day commuting to work.

Sipsey 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.

Demographics

Sipsey ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.36% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Sipsey in 2022 was $17,937, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,748 for a family of four. However, Sipsey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 42.8% 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.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 35.1% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

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 Sipsey are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.9% of U.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, 39.2% 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 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.2%), and 13.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Sipsey, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.2%) 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 (11.5%) . 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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