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