Baileyton is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 683 people and just one neighborhood, Baileyton is the 336th largest community in Alabama. Baileyton has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Baileyton, where the median household income is $61,110.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Baileyton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Baileyton is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Baileyton who work in office and administrative support (39.62%), healthcare (5.72%), and sales jobs (3.39%).
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Baileyton 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. Baileyton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Baileyton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Baileyton may be for you.
One downside of living in Baileyton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.13 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Baileyton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Baileyton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.63% of adults in Baileyton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Baileyton in 2022 was $29,531, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,124 for a family of four. However, Baileyton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Baileyton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baileyton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Baileyton include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Baileyton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Baileyton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Baileyton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.3% 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, 40.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 21.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.1%), and 16.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Baileyton, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.4%) 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 (8.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.