Childersburg is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 4,637 people and two associated neighborhoods, Childersburg is the 129th largest community in Alabama.Childersburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Childersburg is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Childersburg who work in sales jobs (16.48%), food service (13.16%), and healthcare (10.01%). Childersburg is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Childersburg, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. 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!) Childersburg 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. Childersburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Childersburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Childersburg may be for you. Being a small city, Childersburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Childersburg with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.71% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Childersburg in 2022 was $30,363, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,452 for a family of four. However, Childersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Childersburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Childersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Childersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Childersburg include English, Irish, German, European, and Celtic. The most common language spoken in Childersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
