Sasser is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 270 people and just one neighborhood, Sasser is the 454th largest community in Georgia. Sasser has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Sasser isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sasser are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sasser is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sasser who work in maintenance occupations (33.61%), sales jobs (11.48%), and management occupations (6.56%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.48% 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.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Sasser 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. Sasser has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sasser than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sasser may be for you.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.78 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small town, Sasser doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Sasser have a very low rate of college education: just 8.91% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Sasser in 2022 was $22,324, 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 $89,296 for a family of four. However, Sasser contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sasser is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sasser home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sasser residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sasser include Irish, Canadian, English, German, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Sasser is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Native American languages.
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.
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 6.1% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 21 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 86.6% of the neighborhoods in GA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian 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 Sasser are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.5% 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, 40.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 19.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 15.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.3%).
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 Sasser, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (11.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (36.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.