Ariton is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 662 people and just one neighborhood, Ariton is the 333rd largest community in Alabama.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ariton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.48% of the Ariton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ariton is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ariton who work in sales jobs (13.40%), healthcare (10.78%), and maintenance occupations (8.17%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ariton is worth considering.
Ariton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Ariton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.63% of the adults in Ariton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ariton in 2022 was $25,331, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,324 for a family of four. However, Ariton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ariton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ariton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ariton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ariton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ariton include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Ariton 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 Ariton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 93.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of all American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.9% 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, 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 93.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
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 Ariton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.1% 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, 37.6% 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 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.5%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.7%).
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 Ariton, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (8.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.
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 (37.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (93.9%) 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.