Omega is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,320 people and just one neighborhood, Omega is the 301st largest community in Georgia.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Omega is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.00% of the Omega workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Omega is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Omega who work in sales jobs (18.91%), office and administrative support (15.43%), and farm management occupations (13.70%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Omega work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
The city 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, Omega has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Omega a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Omega is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Omega, the average commute to work is 32.48 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Omega is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Omega ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.21% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Omega in 2022 was $23,409, 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 $93,636 for a family of four. However, Omega contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Omega also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.44% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Omega is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Omega home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Omega, accounting for 56.52% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Omega residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Omega include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and British.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Omega's cultural character, accounting for 24.29% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Omega is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 92.8% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Omega are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 42.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.9% 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, 38.4% 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 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 10.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 63.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (35.9%).
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 Omega, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (39.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.2%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 17.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (43.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.9%) 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 (20.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.