Toney is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 10,243 people and three associated neighborhoods, Toney is the 72nd largest community in Alabama. Much of the housing stock in Toney was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Toney economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Toney, where the median household income is $60,928.00. Toney real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Toney house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns, Toney isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Toney are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Toney is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Toney who work in office and administrative support (11.06%), business and financial occupations (10.17%), and management occupations (7.74%). Also of interest is that Toney has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Toney 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. Toney has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Toney than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Toney may be for you. One downside of living in Toney, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.96 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Toney doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Toney citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.05% of adults in Toney have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Toney in 2022 was $40,636, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,544 for a family of four. However, Toney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Toney is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Toney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Toney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Toney include Irish, German, English, European, and British. The most common language spoken in Toney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
