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!) Elba 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. Elba has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elba than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elba may be for you.
One downside of living in Elba is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elba, the average commute to work is 30.84 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Elba 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 citizens of Elba are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.67% of adults in Elba have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Elba in 2022 was $22,960, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,840 for a family of four. However, Elba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elba is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elba include Irish, English, German, European, and African.
The most common language spoken in Elba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
