Gantt is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 202 people and just one neighborhood, Gantt is the 383rd largest community in Alabama.
Gantt is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.11% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Gantt is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gantt who work in office and administrative support (45.56%), sales jobs (20.00%), and healthcare (7.78%).
A relatively large number of people in Gantt telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 50.00% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Overall, Gantt’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town 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, Gantt has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gantt a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Gantt is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Gantt are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.83% of adults in Gantt have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Gantt in 2022 was $24,619, 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 $98,476 for a family of four. However, Gantt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gantt also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.30% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Gantt is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gantt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gantt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gantt include English, Scottish, Dutch, Irish, and German.
Gantt also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.73%.
The most common language spoken in Gantt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Japanese and Spanish.
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.
Our research reveals that 90.3% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.6% 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.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 29.7%, which is higher than 95.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Furthermore, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 32 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.1% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Alabama, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Alabama. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.
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 Gantt are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.5% 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, 36.9% 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 35.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.6%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% 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 Gantt, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report German roots (2.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 (51.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.3%) 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.