Gardendale is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 16,096 people and five associated neighborhoods, Gardendale is the 43rd largest community in Alabama. Much of the housing stock in Gardendale was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Gardendale economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Gardendale, where the median household income is $81,215.00. Gardendale real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Gardendale house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Gardendale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gardendale is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gardendale who work in healthcare (17.40%), business and financial occupations (10.68%), and management occupations (10.63%). Also of interest is that Gardendale 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: 10.06% 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. Gardendale 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 citizens of Gardendale are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.03% of adults in Gardendale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Gardendale in 2022 was $41,618, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,472 for a family of four. However, Gardendale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gardendale is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gardendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gardendale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gardendale include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Gardendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
