Irvington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 13,589 people and four associated neighborhoods, Irvington is the 54th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Irvington is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.96% of the Irvington workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Irvington is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Irvington who work in office and administrative support (9.79%), sales jobs (8.64%), and personal care services (6.77%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Irvington has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Irvington a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Irvington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Irvington have a very low rate of college education: just 8.67% 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 Irvington in 2022 was $24,358, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,432 for a family of four. However, Irvington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Irvington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Irvington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Irvington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Irvington include Irish, German, English, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Irvington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Italian.
