Wetumpka is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,344 people and six associated neighborhoods, Wetumpka is the 90th largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wetumpka, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Wetumpka, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wetumpka’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Wetumpka does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $54,477.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wetumpka is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wetumpka is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wetumpka who work in office and administrative support (18.20%), personal care services (8.15%), and business and financial occupations (7.97%). Being a small city, Wetumpka does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Wetumpka are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.09% of adults in Wetumpka having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Wetumpka in 2022 was $29,330, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,320 for a family of four. However, Wetumpka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wetumpka is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wetumpka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wetumpka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wetumpka include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Wetumpka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Slavic languages.
