Fyffe is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 970 people and just one neighborhood, Fyffe is the 301st largest community in Alabama.
When you are in Fyffe, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.78% of Fyffe’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Fyffe is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fyffe who work in office and administrative support (9.80%), sales jobs (9.58%), and teaching (6.01%).
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!) Fyffe 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. Fyffe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fyffe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fyffe may be for you.
Being a small town, Fyffe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Fyffe has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.16% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Fyffe in 2022 was $22,806, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,224 for a family of four. However, Fyffe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fyffe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fyffe residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fyffe include English, German, Irish, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Fyffe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 is unique for having just 4.9% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.3% of America's neighborhoods.
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 43.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.1% of American neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 89.8% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Fyffe are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 43.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (16.7%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.8%).
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 Fyffe, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.7%), and residents who report German roots (4.8%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.7%).
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 (40.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.8%) 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 (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.