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!) Atmore 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. Atmore has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Atmore than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Atmore may be for you.
Being a small city, Atmore does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Atmore has a very low overall level of education: only 7.34% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Atmore in 2022 was $15,060, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,240 for a family of four. However, Atmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Atmore also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.22% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Atmore is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Atmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atmore residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Atmore include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Atmore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
