Elmore is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,368 people and just one neighborhood, Elmore is the 274th largest community in Alabama.
Unlike some towns, Elmore isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Elmore are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elmore is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elmore who work in food service (16.15%), sales jobs (13.03%), and management occupations (8.07%).
Elmore 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.
The citizens of Elmore have a very low rate of college education: just 8.60% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Elmore in 2022 was $18,766, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,064 for a family of four. However, Elmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elmore also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.60% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Elmore is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Elmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elmore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elmore include English, African, Irish, European, and German.
The most common language spoken in Elmore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 16.1% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Elmore are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 30.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.3%), and 19.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Elmore, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report German roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.0%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.