Caryville is a tiny town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 311 people and just one neighborhood, Caryville is the 482nd largest community in Florida.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Caryville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 71.93% of the Caryville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Caryville is a town of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Caryville who work in healthcare suport services (6.14%), personal care services (5.26%), and maintenance occupations (3.51%).
The overall crime rate in Caryville 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.
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!) Caryville 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. Caryville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Caryville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Caryville may be for you.
One downside of living in Caryville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Caryville, the average commute to work is 41.71 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Caryville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Caryville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.35% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Caryville in 2022 was $17,177, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,708 for a family of four.
Caryville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Caryville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Caryville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Caryville include English, Irish, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Caryville is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Vietnamese.
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.
The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 55.7% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.5% of the neighborhoods in America. 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.
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 Caryville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 50.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.1% 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, 41.0% 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 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.0%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.
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 Caryville, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report English roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.2%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.7%) 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 (5.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.