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, Roanoke has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Roanoke a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Roanoke 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 terms of college education, the citizens of Roanoke rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.98% of adults 25 and older in Roanoke have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Roanoke in 2022 was $28,471, 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 $113,884 for a family of four. However, Roanoke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roanoke is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roanoke home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roanoke residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roanoke include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Roanoke is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
