Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Fort Payne is worth considering.
One of the benefits of Fort Payne is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.09 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Fort Payne doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Fort Payne is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.28% of adults 25 and older in Fort Payne have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Payne in 2022 was $26,126, 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 $104,504 for a family of four. However, Fort Payne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Payne also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.48% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Fort Payne is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Payne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Payne residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Payne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Payne include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Fort Payne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
