Adger is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,000 people and two associated neighborhoods, Adger is the 118th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Adger is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.84% of the Adger workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Adger is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Adger who work in office and administrative support (20.84%), management occupations (9.76%), and business and financial occupations (7.51%). Also of interest is that Adger has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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. In Adger, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.31 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Adger doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Adger is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.70% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Adger in 2022 was $34,414, 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 $137,656 for a family of four. 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 English, Irish, German, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Adger is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
