West Blocton is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,194 people and three associated neighborhoods, West Blocton is the 280th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, West Blocton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.72% of the West Blocton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, West Blocton is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Blocton who work in sales jobs (16.49%), maintenance occupations (5.57%), and healthcare suport services (5.15%). Also of interest is that West Blocton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, West Blocton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes West Blocton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in West Blocton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In West Blocton, the average commute to work is 31.75 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, West Blocton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In West Blocton, just 7.43% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in West Blocton in 2022 was $22,217, 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 $88,868 for a family of four. However, West Blocton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Blocton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West Blocton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Blocton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Blocton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.60% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Blocton include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in West Blocton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
