Attalla is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,818 people and four associated neighborhoods, Attalla is the 110th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities, Attalla isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Attalla are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Attalla is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Attalla who work in healthcare (13.11%), management occupations (12.44%), and sales jobs (11.49%). 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. Attalla is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Attalla, just 10.76% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Attalla in 2022 was $32,755, 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 $131,020 for a family of four. However, Attalla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Attalla is a very 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 Irish, English, German, Dutch, and Haitian. The most common language spoken in Attalla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
