Alto is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 993 people and just one neighborhood, Alto is the 325th largest community in Georgia.
When you are in Alto, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 64.84% of Alto’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alto is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alto who work in office and administrative support (13.92%), maintenance occupations (4.58%), and sales jobs (3.48%).
Being a small town, Alto does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Alto with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.56% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alto in 2022 was $19,240, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,960 for a family of four. However, Alto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alto is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alto home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Alto, accounting for 56.10% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Alto residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alto include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and British.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Alto's cultural character, accounting for 32.53% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Alto is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Vietnamese.
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 Alto, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.5% 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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
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 Alto are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.2% 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, 45.1% 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 21.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.8%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 77.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (19.2%).
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 Alto, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (21.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (2.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.2%), among others. In addition, 13.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (30.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.2%) 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 (8.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.