Elba is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,522 people and three associated neighborhoods, Elba is the 155th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elba is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.33% of the Elba workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elba is a city of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elba who work in management occupations (15.22%), sales jobs (9.47%), and personal care services (8.61%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Elba has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Elba has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elba than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elba may be for you. Elba is a very car-oriented city. 99.90% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Elba is a small city , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Elba has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well. Elba 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 Elba, just 10.04% 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 Elba in 2022 was $21,366, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,464 for a family of four. However, Elba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elba is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elba include Irish, English, German, European, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Elba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
