Calera is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 18,189 people and five associated neighborhoods, Calera is the 39th largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Calera, 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 Calera, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Calera’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Calera does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $82,441.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Calera is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Calera is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calera who work in office and administrative support (12.48%), management occupations (11.99%), and healthcare (9.06%). Also of interest is that Calera has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Calera, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.10 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Calera doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Calera are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.11% of adults in Calera have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Calera in 2022 was $37,008, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,032 for a family of four. However, Calera contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Calera is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Calera home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calera residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Calera include German, English, Irish, African, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Calera is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
