Alva is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,725 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alva is the 352nd largest community in Florida. Housing costs in Alva are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.Alva is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.14% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alva is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Alva who work in management occupations (22.69%), sales jobs (13.14%), and healthcare (10.86%). Also of interest is that Alva has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.99% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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!) Alva 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. Alva has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Alva than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Alva may be for you. One downside of living in Alva is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alva, the average commute to work is 35.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Alva doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Alva is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.32% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Alva in 2022 was $38,966, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,864 for a family of four. Alva is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alva home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alva residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alva include English, German, Irish, Canadian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Alva is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Spanish.
