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Kimberly - Trafford is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 4,103 people and just one neighborhood, Kimberly - Trafford is the 147th largest community in Alabama. Much of the housing stock in Kimberly - Trafford was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Kimberly - Trafford economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Kimberly - Trafford, where the median household income is $89,970.00.
Kimberly - Trafford real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Kimberly - Trafford house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Occupations and Workforce
Unlike some towns, Kimberly - Trafford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kimberly - Trafford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kimberly - Trafford is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kimberly - Trafford who work in healthcare (16.74%), sales jobs (14.97%), and office and administrative support (10.38%).
Setting & Lifestyle
Because of many things, Kimberly - Trafford is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Kimberly - Trafford 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, Kimberly - Trafford has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Kimberly - Trafford’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One downside of living in Kimberly - Trafford, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.64 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Kimberly - Trafford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
The overall education level of Kimberly - Trafford is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.40% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Kimberly - Trafford in 2022 was $34,837, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,348 for a family of four. However, Kimberly - Trafford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kimberly - Trafford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kimberly - Trafford residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Kimberly - Trafford include Irish, German, English, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Kimberly - Trafford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
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.
People
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Alabama. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.4% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Alabama. 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.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
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 Kimberly - Trafford are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.9% 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 58.9% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 42.7% 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 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.6%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
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 Kimberly - Trafford, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.0%), and residents who report English roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.6%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (86.7%) 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 (10.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
