Elkmont is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 430 people and two associated neighborhoods, Elkmont is the 350th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some towns, Elkmont isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Elkmont are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elkmont is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elkmont who work in office and administrative support (22.89%), sales jobs (9.64%), and food service (9.04%). It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Elkmont 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. Elkmont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elkmont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elkmont may be for you. One downside of living in Elkmont is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elkmont, the average commute to work is 32.66 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Elkmont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Elkmont is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.52% of adults in Elkmont have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Elkmont in 2022 was $31,255, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,020 for a family of four. However, Elkmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Elkmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elkmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elkmont include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Elkmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
