Alabaster is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 33,873 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Alabaster is the 16th largest community in Alabama. Alabaster real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Alabaster house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Alabaster is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Alabaster is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alabaster who work in office and administrative support (11.28%), management occupations (10.60%), and sales jobs (9.66%). Also of interest is that Alabaster 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: 13.54% 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. Because of many things, Alabaster is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Alabaster really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Alabaster perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Alabaster, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.96 minutes every day commuting to work. Even though Alabaster is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.The citizens of Alabaster are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.44% of adults in Alabaster have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Alabaster in 2022 was $39,142, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,568 for a family of four. However, Alabaster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alabaster is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alabaster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alabaster residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alabaster include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Alabaster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
