Albertville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 17,373 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Albertville is the 30th largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Albertville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.9% of the Albertville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Albertville is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Albertville who work in sales jobs (12.44%), office and administrative support jobs (11.88%), and management occupations (5.61%).

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.89 minutes getting to work every day.

Albertville is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 98.1% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Albertville.

Albertville 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.

Albertville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Albertville rank slightly lower than the national average. 12.85% of adults 25 and older in Albertville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Albertville in 2000 was $16,336, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $65,344 for a family of four.

The people who call Albertville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Albertville is White, followed by African-American. Albertville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.78% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Albertville include English, Irish, and German.

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