Irvington is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 13,563 people and four associated neighborhoods, Irvington is the 54th largest community in Alabama.When you are in Irvington, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.96% of Irvington’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Irvington is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Irvington who work in office and administrative support (9.79%), sales jobs (8.64%), and personal care services (6.77%). 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!) Irvington 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. Irvington has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Irvington than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Irvington may be for you. Being a small town, Irvington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Irvington, just 8.67% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Irvington in 2022 was $24,358, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,432 for a family of four. However, Irvington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Irvington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Irvington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Irvington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Irvington include Irish, German, English, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Irvington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Italian.
