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Wetumpka, AL
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Wetumpka profile


Living in Wetumpka


Wetumpka is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,667 people and six associated neighborhoods, Wetumpka is the 90th largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wetumpka, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Wetumpka, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wetumpka’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Wetumpka does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $57,763.00.

Also of interest is that Wetumpka has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.68% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Wetumpka 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, Wetumpka is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.17% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wetumpka in 2022 was $35,942, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,768 for a family of four. However, Wetumpka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wetumpka is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wetumpka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wetumpka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wetumpka include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Wetumpka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.