Northport is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 19,084 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Northport is the 29th largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Northport is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Northport is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Northport who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.48%), sales jobs (11.15%), and healthcare (9.89%).

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 19.20 minutes getting to work every day.

Residents of Northport by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.8% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Northport may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Northport 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.

Northport Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Northport is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.02% of adults in Northport have a college degree.

The per capita income in Northport in 2000 was $20,163, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,652 for a family of four.

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

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