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McIntyre - Irwinton, GA

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Overview


McIntyre - Irwinton is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 2,859 people and just one neighborhood, McIntyre - Irwinton is the 219th largest community in Georgia.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, McIntyre - Irwinton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McIntyre - Irwinton is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in McIntyre - Irwinton who work in maintenance occupations (10.60%), sales jobs (9.60%), and management occupations (9.14%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) McIntyre - Irwinton 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. McIntyre - Irwinton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in McIntyre - Irwinton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, McIntyre - Irwinton may be for you.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in McIntyre - Irwinton with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.10% of adults in McIntyre - Irwinton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in McIntyre - Irwinton in 2022 was $23,656, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,624 for a family of four. However, McIntyre - Irwinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

McIntyre - Irwinton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McIntyre - Irwinton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McIntyre - Irwinton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in McIntyre - Irwinton include Irish, Scottish, English, Canadian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in McIntyre - Irwinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.5% 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 21 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.6% of America.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.3%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian 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 McIntyre - Irwinton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.2% 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, 29.0% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.9%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 McIntyre - Irwinton, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (5.2%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (3.0%), and residents who report Scottish roots (1.8%), and some of the residents are also of Jamaican ancestry (1.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (36.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (86.8%) 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 (10.9%) . 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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