About Shorter

Shorter is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 355 people and just one neighborhood, Shorter is the 333rd largest community in Alabama.

Shorter is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Shorter is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Shorter who work in sales jobs (13.46%), office and administrative support jobs (13.46%), and food service (8.33%).

Also of interest is that Shorter has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Shorter is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Shorter isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.73% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Shorter Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Shorter ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 7.08% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Shorter in 2000 was $10,630, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $42,520 for a family of four.

The people who call Shorter home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Shorter is African-American, followed by White.

The most common language spoken in Shorter is English.