West Blocton is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,189 people and three associated neighborhoods, West Blocton is the 280th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, West Blocton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.35% of the West Blocton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, West Blocton is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in West Blocton who work in sales jobs (20.55%), food service (9.52%), and maintenance occupations (9.02%). Also of interest is that West Blocton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) West Blocton 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. West Blocton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in West Blocton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, West Blocton may be for you. In West Blocton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.12 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. West Blocton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In West Blocton, just 10.76% 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 West Blocton in 2022 was $18,510, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,040 for a family of four. However, West Blocton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Blocton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West Blocton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Blocton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Blocton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.23% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Blocton include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in West Blocton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
