Talbotton is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 739 people and just one neighborhood, Talbotton is the 360th largest community in Georgia.
Talbotton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Talbotton is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Talbotton who work in teaching (37.50%), office and administrative support (8.09%), and food service (5.88%).
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Talbotton 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. Talbotton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Talbotton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Talbotton may be for you.
One downside of living in Talbotton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Talbotton, the average commute to work is 45.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Talbotton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Talbotton have a very low rate of college education: just 8.30% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Talbotton in 2022 was $50,413, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $201,652 for a family of four. However, Talbotton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Talbotton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.57% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Talbotton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Talbotton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Talbotton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Talbotton include German, French, African, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Talbotton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and French.
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 real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.0% 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, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 12 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 11.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.0% of all neighborhoods in America.
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 Talbotton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.1% 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, 40.6% 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 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.5%), and 11.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).
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 Talbotton, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.9%), along with some African ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (11.8%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (78.0%) 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 (21.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.