Andalusia is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 8,749 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Andalusia is the 72nd largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Andalusia is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Andalusia is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Andalusia who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.72%), sales jobs (11.91%), and management occupations (10.23%).

One of the benefits of Andalusia is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.76 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Andalusia is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Andalusia isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.3% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small city, Andalusia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Andalusia Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Andalusia who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 19.57% of adults in Andalusia have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Andalusia in 2000 was $17,292, 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 $69,168 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Andalusia is English.