About Sipsey

Sipsey is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 600 people and just one neighborhood, Sipsey is the 311st largest community in Alabama.

Sipsey is a blue-collar town, with 41.0% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Sipsey is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sipsey who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.61%), food service (8.99%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.18%).

One downside of living in Sipsey is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sipsey, the average commute to work is 35.71 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Sipsey 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 Sipsey, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.44% 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, Sipsey does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Sipsey Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Sipsey ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.58% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sipsey in 2000 was $8,644, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $34,576 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Sipsey is English.