Childersburg is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 4,656 people and two associated neighborhoods, Childersburg is the 129th largest community in Alabama.

There are many members of the armed forces living in Childersburg. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Childersburg 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. Childersburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Childersburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Childersburg may be for you.

Childersburg 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 rate of college-level education in Childersburg is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.09% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Childersburg in 2022 was $28,986, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,944 for a family of four. However, Childersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Childersburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Childersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Childersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Childersburg include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Childersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.