Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Elba is worth considering.
Elba is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Elba, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.90% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small city, Elba does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Elba with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.04% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Elba in 2022 was $21,366, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,464 for a family of four. However, Elba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elba is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elba include Irish, English, German, European, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Elba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
