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, Childersburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Childersburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Childersburg is a very car-oriented city. 97.17% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Childersburg is a small city , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Childersburg has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Childersburg is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Childersburg, just 9.94% 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 Childersburg in 2022 was $31,492, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,968 for a family of four. However, Childersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Childersburg is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Childersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Childersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Childersburg include English, Irish, German, European, and Celtic.
The most common language spoken in Childersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
