Childersburg is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 4,612 people and two associated neighborhoods, Childersburg is the 129th largest community in Alabama.Childersburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Childersburg is a city of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Childersburg who work in healthcare (11.86%), management occupations (11.36%), and sales jobs (10.91%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Childersburg. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. 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, Childersburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Childersburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Childersburg is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Childersburg, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.17% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities. As is often the case in a small city, Childersburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Childersburg have a very low rate of college education: just 9.94% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Childersburg in 2022 was $31,492, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,968 for a family of four. However, Childersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Childersburg is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Childersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Childersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Childersburg include English, Irish, German, European, and Celtic. The most common language spoken in Childersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
