Prattville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 24,296 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Prattville is the 18th largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities, Prattville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Prattville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Prattville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Prattville who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.43%), sales jobs (13.67%), and management occupations (8.68%).

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Prattville, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

Residents of Prattville by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.6% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Prattville 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.

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

Prattville Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Prattville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.20% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Prattville in 2000 was $19,832, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,328 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Prattville is English.