Abbeville is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,366 people and three associated neighborhoods, Abbeville is the 194th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Abbeville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Abbeville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Abbeville who work in office and administrative support (12.90%), teaching (9.26%), and sales jobs (7.01%). Also of interest is that Abbeville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Abbeville 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. Abbeville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Abbeville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Abbeville may be for you.The population of Abbeville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Abbeville, 21.24% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Abbeville in 2022 was $24,579, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,316 for a family of four. However, Abbeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Abbeville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Abbeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Abbeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Abbeville include English, Irish, German, European, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Abbeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
