About Silas

Silas is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 606 people and just one neighborhood, Silas is the 310th largest community in Alabama.

Silas is a blue-collar town, with 46.2% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Silas is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Silas who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.82%), personal care services (7.18%), and teaching (4.62%).

One downside of living in Silas is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Silas, the average commute to work is 35.19 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Silas is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Silas, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.77% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Silas Information and Demographics

The population of Silas has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 7.01% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Silas in 2000 was $14,074, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $56,296 for a family of four.

Silas is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Silas home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Silas is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Silas include English and European.

The most common language spoken in Silas is English.