Elba is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,448 people and three associated neighborhoods, Elba is the 155th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elba is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.60% of the Elba workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elba is a city of managers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elba who work in management occupations (15.32%), office and administrative support (9.44%), and teaching (5.80%). 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!) Elba 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. Elba has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elba than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elba may be for you. One downside of living in Elba, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.84 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Elba does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Elba with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.67% of adults in Elba have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Elba in 2022 was $22,960, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,840 for a family of four. However, Elba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elba is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elba include Irish, English, German, European, and African. The most common language spoken in Elba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
