Grady is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,484 people and just one neighborhood, Grady is the 265th largest community in Alabama.
Unlike some towns, Grady isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Grady are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grady is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grady who work in office and administrative support (13.74%), management occupations (9.73%), and maintenance occupations (8.67%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Grady has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
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!) Grady 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. Grady has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Grady than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Grady may be for you.
In Grady, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Grady does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Grady overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Grady, 21.76% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Grady in 2022 was $26,337, 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 $105,348 for a family of four. However, Grady contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grady also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.47% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Grady is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grady home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grady residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grady include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and British.
The most common language spoken in Grady is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 91.0% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.4% of all American neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Of note, 57.4% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
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 Grady are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 57.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.2% 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, 33.4% 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 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% 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 Grady, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (4.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (1.9%), along with some British ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (91.0%) 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.