Eclectic is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,209 people and two associated neighborhoods, Eclectic is the 284th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Eclectic is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.17% of the Eclectic workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Eclectic is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eclectic who work in management occupations (10.97%), office and administrative support (10.14%), and architecture and engineering (6.21%). 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!) Eclectic 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. Eclectic has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Eclectic than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Eclectic may be for you. One downside of living in Eclectic is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Eclectic, the average commute to work is 34.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Eclectic doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Eclectic are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.55% of adults in Eclectic have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Eclectic in 2022 was $25,860, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,440 for a family of four. However, Eclectic contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Eclectic is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Eclectic home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eclectic residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eclectic include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Eclectic is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
