The town 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, West Blocton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes West Blocton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in West Blocton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In West Blocton, the average commute to work is 35.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, West Blocton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in West Blocton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.78% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in West Blocton in 2022 was $22,272, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,088 for a family of four. However, West Blocton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
West Blocton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West Blocton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Blocton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Blocton include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in West Blocton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
