East Brewton is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,271 people and just one neighborhood, East Brewton is the 198th largest community in Alabama.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, East Brewton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.79% of the East Brewton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, East Brewton is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Brewton who work in food service (7.96%), sales jobs (7.87%), and healthcare suport services (6.79%).
Of important note, East Brewton is also a city of artists. East Brewton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape East Brewton’s character.
The city 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, East Brewton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes East Brewton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small city, East Brewton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of East Brewton have a very low rate of college education: just 6.18% 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 East Brewton in 2022 was $16,852, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,408 for a family of four. However, East Brewton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
East Brewton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Brewton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Brewton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Brewton include Irish, English, French, German, and Austrian.
The most common language spoken in East Brewton is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 91.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.0% of all American neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.9% 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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 East Brewton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.9% 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, 44.5% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.5%), and 10.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% 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 East Brewton, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report Mexican roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (91.8%) 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 (6.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.