Scottsboro is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 15,863 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Scottsboro is the 45th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities, Scottsboro isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Scottsboro are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Scottsboro is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scottsboro who work in management occupations (10.72%), sales jobs (10.37%), and office and administrative support (8.57%). Also of interest is that Scottsboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Scottsboro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Scottsboro citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.99% of adults in Scottsboro have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Scottsboro in 2022 was $31,971, 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 $127,884 for a family of four. However, Scottsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Scottsboro is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Scottsboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scottsboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Scottsboro include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Scottsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
