About Creola

Creola is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,375 people and just one neighborhood, Creola is the 219th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Creola, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.9% of Creola's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Creola is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Creola who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.57%), sales jobs (9.50%), and management occupations (4.80%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Creola are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Creola is a small town, 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 Creola, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.46% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Creola Information and Demographics

The population of Creola has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.34% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Creola in 2000 was $14,707, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $58,828 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Creola is English.