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Wilsonville, AL

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Overview


Wilsonville is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,893 people and just one neighborhood, Wilsonville is the 237th largest community in Alabama.

Wilsonville real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Wilsonville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Wilsonville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wilsonville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilsonville who work in management occupations (13.14%), office and administrative support (10.32%), and teaching (9.52%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Wilsonville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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, Wilsonville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wilsonville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Wilsonville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.82 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Wilsonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Wilsonville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Wilsonville, 22.32% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wilsonville in 2022 was $31,767, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,068 for a family of four. However, Wilsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wilsonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilsonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wilsonville include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and French.

The most common language spoken in Wilsonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Wilsonville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Wilsonville is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in AL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.6% of the neighborhoods in Alabama. If you are considering retiring to Alabama, this is a good neighborhood to look at. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.

The Neighbors

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 Wilsonville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.4% of America'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, 35.9% 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 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Wilsonville, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report German roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (75.5%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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