Attalla is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,746 people and four associated neighborhoods, Attalla is the 110th largest community in Alabama.

The city 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, Attalla has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Attalla a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small city, Attalla does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In Attalla, just 10.91% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Attalla in 2022 was $29,364, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,456 for a family of four. However, Attalla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Attalla is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Attalla home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Attalla residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Attalla include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Attalla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.