Ambrose is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 333 people and just one neighborhood, Ambrose is the 442nd largest community in Georgia.
When you are in Ambrose, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.36% of Ambrose’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ambrose is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ambrose who work in office and administrative support (12.77%), sales jobs (11.70%), and farm management occupations (9.57%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Ambrose work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
The overall crime rate in Ambrose 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.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ambrose has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ambrose has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ambrose than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ambrose may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Ambrose doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Ambrose ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.72% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ambrose in 2022 was $24,172, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,688 for a family of four. However, Ambrose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ambrose also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.63% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ambrose is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ambrose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ambrose residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ambrose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ambrose include Irish, Italian, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Ambrose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 93.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.1% of all American neighborhoods.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 7.1% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 42.1% 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 41 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.7% of America.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Ambrose are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.5% 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, 32.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.8%), and 15.2% 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 89.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.8%).
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 Ambrose, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (6.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.1%), and residents who report Asian roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 (49.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (93.9%) 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.