Flomaton is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,452 people and just one neighborhood, Flomaton is the 261st largest community in Alabama.
Unlike some towns, Flomaton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Flomaton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Flomaton is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Flomaton who work in office and administrative support (16.01%), food service (13.08%), and healthcare (9.98%).
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!) Flomaton 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. Flomaton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Flomaton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Flomaton may be for you.
Being a small town, Flomaton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Flomaton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.85% of adults in Flomaton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Flomaton in 2022 was $21,583, 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 $86,332 for a family of four. Flomaton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.76% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Flomaton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Flomaton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flomaton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Flomaton include English, Italian, Irish, Scots-Irish, and African.
The most common language spoken in Flomaton 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 Flomaton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 91.9% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 29 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Flomaton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.8% of U.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, 30.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.5%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.
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 Flomaton, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (4.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (2.4%), and residents who report German roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.7%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.9%) 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.