Fort Payne is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 14,879 people and six associated neighborhoods, Fort Payne is the 49th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Payne is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Payne is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Payne who work in sales jobs (11.37%), office and administrative support (8.31%), and healthcare (7.74%). 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!) Fort Payne 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. Fort Payne has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Payne than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Payne may be for you. Being a small city, Fort Payne does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Fort Payne who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.08% of the adults in Fort Payne have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Fort Payne in 2022 was $26,436, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,744 for a family of four. However, Fort Payne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Payne is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Payne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Payne residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Payne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Payne include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Fort Payne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
