New Market is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,543 people and three associated neighborhoods, New Market is the 257th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some towns, New Market isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Market are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Market is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Market who work in sales jobs (22.54%), architecture and engineering (13.96%), and maintenance occupations (10.24%). Another important characteristic of New Market is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town. Also of interest is that New Market 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, New Market has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New Market a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in New Market, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.35 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, New Market does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of New Market citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.96% of adults 25 and older in New Market have a college degree. The per capita income in New Market in 2022 was $39,640, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,560 for a family of four. However, New Market contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. New Market is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call New Market home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Market residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Market include English, Italian, Irish, Swedish, and German. The most common language spoken in New Market is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
