Barwick is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 353 people and just one neighborhood, Barwick is the 431st largest community in Georgia.
Barwick is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Barwick is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Barwick who work in sales jobs (14.63%), management occupations (11.38%), and healthcare suport services (8.13%).
Also of interest is that Barwick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Barwick 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. Barwick has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Barwick than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Barwick may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Barwick doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Barwick, just 6.72% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Barwick in 2022 was $24,816, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,264 for a family of four. However, Barwick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Barwick also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.13% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Barwick is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Barwick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Barwick residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Barwick include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Barwick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African 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 Barwick, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 6.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (25.4%) than in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 91.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Armenian 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 Barwick are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.1% 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, 31.8% 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 30.8% 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 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Barwick, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report German roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 (52.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.1%) 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 (25.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.