Holly Pond is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 860 people and just one neighborhood, Holly Pond is the 310th largest community in Alabama.
Unlike some towns, Holly Pond isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Holly Pond are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Holly Pond is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Holly Pond who work in food service (14.80%), office and administrative support (12.08%), and management occupations (7.55%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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, Holly Pond is worth considering.
One downside of living in Holly Pond, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.56 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Holly Pond doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Holly Pond rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.46% of adults 25 and older in Holly Pond have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Holly Pond in 2022 was $23,242, 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 $92,968 for a family of four. However, Holly Pond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Holly Pond home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holly Pond residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Holly Pond include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Holly Pond is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
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 Holly Pond, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Holly Pond are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.3% 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, 34.7% 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 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.6%), and 18.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.2%).
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 Holly Pond, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report English roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.9%).
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 (37.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.3%) 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 (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.