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!) Elba 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. Elba has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elba than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elba may be for you.
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.
Elba 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.
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.
