Alba is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 493 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alba is the 948th largest community in Texas.Alba is a blue-collar town, with 40.45% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Alba is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alba who work in sales jobs (21.35%), healthcare suport services (9.55%), and healthcare (8.43%). Also of interest is that Alba 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, Alba has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Alba a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Alba is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alba, the average commute to work is 31.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Alba doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Alba with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.79% of adults in Alba have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Alba in 2022 was $28,675, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,700 for a family of four. However, Alba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alba is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alba include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Alba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
