Semmes is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 15,139 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Semmes is the 38th largest community in Alabama.

Semmes is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Semmes is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Semmes who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.86%), sales jobs (12.00%), and management occupations (5.58%).

Residents of Semmes 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 town. While Semmes 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 town, Semmes does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Semmes Information and Demographics

The citizens of Semmes are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 13.39% of adults in Semmes have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Semmes in 2000 was $16,578, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,312 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Semmes is English.