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!) Attalla 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. Attalla has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Attalla than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Attalla may be for you.
Being a small city, Attalla does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Attalla have a very low rate of college education: just 9.38% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Attalla in 2022 was $32,435, 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 $129,740 for a family of four. However, Attalla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Attalla is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Attalla home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Attalla residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Attalla include English, Irish, German, African, and Haitian.
The most common language spoken in Attalla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
