Alba is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 508 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alba is the 948th largest community in Texas.When you are in Alba, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.85% of Alba’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alba is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alba who work in sales jobs (18.49%), healthcare (10.57%), and healthcare suport services (9.06%). Also of interest is that Alba 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: 8.30% 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. 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, Alba has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Alba a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Alba is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alba, the average commute to work is 31.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Alba does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Alba, just 7.46% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Alba in 2022 was $28,329, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,316 for a family of four. However, Alba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alba is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alba residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Alba also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alba include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Alba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
