Being a small city, Sheffield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Sheffield who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.05% of the adults in Sheffield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sheffield in 2018 was $26,627, 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 $106,508 for a family of four. However, Sheffield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sheffield is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sheffield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sheffield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sheffield include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Sheffield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
