About Arley

Arley is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,482 people and just one neighborhood, Arley is the 181st largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Arley, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.6% of Arley's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Arley is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Arley who work in sales jobs (8.85%), office and administrative support jobs (7.96%), and farm management (6.19%).

A relatively large number of people in Arley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.63% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

One downside of living in Arley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.29 minutes every day commuting to work.

Arley is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Arley 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. 96.65% 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.

Being a small town, Arley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Arley Information and Demographics

The population of Arley has a very low overall level of education: only 7.70% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Arley in 2000 was $14,912, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $59,648 for a family of four.

The people who call Arley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Arley is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Arley include Irish and German.

The most common language spoken in Arley is English.