Alabaster is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 23,210 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Alabaster is the 21st largest community in Alabama.

Alabaster is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Alabaster is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alabaster who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.65%), sales jobs (14.59%), and management occupations (12.12%).

Also of interest is that Alabaster has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Alabaster is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Alabaster a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Alabaster has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Alabaster's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Alabaster is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alabaster, the average commute to work is 30.29 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Residents of Alabaster by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 99.4% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Alabaster may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Alabaster Information and Demographics

The education level of Alabaster citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 34.72% of adults in Alabaster have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Alabaster in 2000 was $22,466, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,864 for a family of four.

Alabaster is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alabaster home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Alabaster is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alabaster include English, German, Irish, Scottish, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Alabaster is English. Some people also speak Spanish.