Adger is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,017 people and two associated neighborhoods, Adger is the 118th largest community in Alabama.When you are in Adger, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.19% of Adger’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Adger is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Adger who work in office and administrative support (22.68%), sales jobs (7.94%), and management occupations (5.53%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.47% 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. 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, Adger has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Adger a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Adger, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.01 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Adger does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Adger, just 12.99% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Adger in 2022 was $31,075, 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 $124,300 for a family of four. However, Adger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Adger is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Adger home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Adger residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Adger include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Adger is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
