Gordo is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,584 people and just one neighborhood, Gordo is the 253rd largest community in Alabama.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gordo is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gordo is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gordo who work in food service (12.59%), healthcare suport services (10.14%), and healthcare (7.68%).
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!) Gordo 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. Gordo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gordo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gordo may be for you.
One downside of living in Gordo, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.45 minutes every day commuting to work.
Gordo 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.
In terms of college education, Gordo is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.32% of adults 25 and older in Gordo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gordo in 2022 was $27,443, 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 $109,772 for a family of four. However, Gordo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gordo is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gordo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gordo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gordo include English, Irish, Italian, Scots-Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Gordo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Gordo, 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 93.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% 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 90.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
The neighborhood stands out within Alabama for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 9.6% of college-friendly places to live in AL.
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 Gordo are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.4% 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, 34.8% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).
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 Gordo, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (6.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.3%), and residents who report German roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.3%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 (32.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (93.4%) 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.