Parrish is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 970 people and just one neighborhood, Parrish is the 299th largest community in Alabama.
Parrish is a blue-collar town, with 42.52% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Parrish is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Parrish who work in office and administrative support (19.06%), management occupations (8.21%), and maintenance occupations (7.92%).
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!) Parrish 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. Parrish has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Parrish than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Parrish may be for you.
One downside of living in Parrish is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Parrish, the average commute to work is 30.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Parrish does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Parrish, just 10.52% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Parrish in 2022 was $18,710, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,840 for a family of four. However, Parrish contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Parrish also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.39% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Parrish is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Parrish home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Parrish residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Parrish include German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Parrish 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.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 19.8% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish 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 Parrish are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.6% 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, 38.9% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.3%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
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 Parrish, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (9.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report German roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.9%).
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 (40.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (15.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.