Wetumpka is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,667 people and six associated neighborhoods, Wetumpka is the 90th largest community in Alabama. Wetumpka has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Wetumpka, where the median household income is $57,763.00.Unlike some cities, Wetumpka isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wetumpka are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wetumpka is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wetumpka who work in office and administrative support (18.59%), business and financial occupations (8.37%), and food service (7.09%). Also of interest is that Wetumpka has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Wetumpka 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.The percentage of people in Wetumpka who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.17% of adults in Wetumpka have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Wetumpka in 2022 was $35,942, 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 $143,768 for a family of four. However, Wetumpka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wetumpka is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wetumpka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wetumpka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wetumpka include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Wetumpka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
