Pinson is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,753 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pinson is the 91st largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pinson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pinson is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pinson who work in office and administrative support (18.16%), sales jobs (13.47%), and management occupations (8.96%). Also of interest is that Pinson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.88% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In Pinson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.81 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Pinson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Pinson are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.44% of adults in Pinson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Pinson in 2022 was $31,805, 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 $127,220 for a family of four. However, Pinson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pinson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pinson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pinson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Pinson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pinson include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Pinson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
