Elkmont is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 430 people and two associated neighborhoods, Elkmont is the 350th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Elkmont is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elkmont is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elkmont who work in office and administrative support (22.89%), sales jobs (9.64%), and food service (9.04%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Elkmont has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Elkmont a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Elkmont, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Elkmont 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.The population of Elkmont is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.52% of adults in Elkmont have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Elkmont in 2022 was $31,255, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,020 for a family of four. However, Elkmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Elkmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elkmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elkmont include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Elkmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
