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Brooks, GA

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Overview


Brooks is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 569 people and just one neighborhood, Brooks is the 389th largest community in Georgia.

Brooks home prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, but Brooks real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Brooks is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.93% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brooks is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brooks who work in management occupations (18.46%), office and administrative support (18.12%), and sales jobs (8.39%).

Also of interest is that Brooks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Brooks is also a town of artists. Brooks has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Brooks’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Brooks telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.06% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Brooks is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Brooks a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Brooks has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Brooks’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

In Brooks, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

In Brooks, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Brooks is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Demographics

The citizens of Brooks are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.16% of adults in Brooks have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brooks in 2022 was $44,610, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $178,440 for a family of four.

The people who call Brooks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brooks residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brooks include English, Irish, German, Scandinavian, and British.

The most common language spoken in Brooks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.

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 52.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

Real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.

People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Georgia. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 98.0% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Georgia. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more British and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry and 3.4% have Scots-Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Brooks are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 88.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 71.4% of America'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, 39.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.7%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Brooks, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report English roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.4%), along with some British ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (41.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.9%) 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 (5.1%) . 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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