Titus is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,097 people and just one neighborhood, Titus is the 120th largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Titus, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Titus, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Titus’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Titus does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $79,653.00.
Titus real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Titus house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns, Titus isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Titus are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Titus is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Titus who work in management occupations (13.42%), office and administrative support (13.26%), and healthcare (7.02%).
A relatively large number of people in Titus telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Titus is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Titus really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Titus perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Titus has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Titus a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Titus is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Titus, the average commute to work is 35.85 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Titus doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Titus citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.31% of adults in Titus have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Titus in 2022 was $38,776, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,104 for a family of four. However, Titus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Titus is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Titus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Titus residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Titus include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Titus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Alabama. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Titus are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 35.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.3% 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, 32.4% 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 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.2%), and 18.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.0%).
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 Titus, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report English roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.1%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.