Arab is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,180 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Arab is the 101st largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities, Arab isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Arab are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arab is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arab who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.40%), sales jobs (13.63%), and management occupations (10.18%).

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

Arab is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Arab, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.65% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Arab Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Arab is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 21.50% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Arab in 2000 was $20,035, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,140 for a family of four.

The people who call Arab home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Arab is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Arab include English, Irish, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Arab is English.