Mulga is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 771 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mulga is the 317th largest community in Alabama. Much of the housing stock in Mulga was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mulga is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.31% of the Mulga workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Mulga is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mulga who work in office and administrative support (10.49%), healthcare (8.95%), and sales jobs (7.72%). 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!) Mulga 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. Mulga has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mulga than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mulga may be for you. One downside of living in Mulga is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mulga, the average commute to work is 34.07 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Mulga is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Mulga has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.53% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Mulga in 2022 was $26,388, 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 $105,552 for a family of four. Mulga is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mulga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mulga residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mulga include Irish, English, European, German, and Nigerian. The most common language spoken in Mulga is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
