About West Point

West Point is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 299 people and just one neighborhood, West Point is the 337th largest community in Alabama.

West Point is a blue-collar town, with 46.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, West Point is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in West Point who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.71%), teaching (6.47%), and sales jobs (3.60%).

One downside of living in West Point, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.54 minutes every day commuting to work.

West Point 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 West Point, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.86% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

West Point is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

West Point Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in West Point is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.06% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in West Point in 2000 was $14,963, 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 $59,852 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in West Point is English.