Enigma is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,098 people and just one neighborhood, Enigma is the 315th largest community in Georgia.
Enigma is a blue-collar town, with 57.95% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Enigma is a town of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Enigma who work in healthcare suport services (9.97%), sales jobs (7.28%), and architecture and engineering (6.74%).
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, Enigma is worth considering.
One downside of living in Enigma, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.32 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Enigma doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Enigma ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.96% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Enigma in 2022 was $13,614, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $54,456 for a family of four. Enigma also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.89% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Enigma is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Enigma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Enigma residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Enigma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.16% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Enigma include Irish, French, English, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Enigma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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.
The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 56.7% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 37 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (59.2%) than found in 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.8% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.7% of American neighborhoods.
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 Enigma are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 59.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.8% 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, 43.8% 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 32.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.1%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.8%).
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 Enigma, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (8.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (4.9%), and residents who report English roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 (59.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (9.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.