Wetumpka is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,850 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Wetumpka is the 120th largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wetumpka is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wetumpka is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wetumpka who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.47%), sales jobs (13.20%), and management occupations (8.91%).

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

Wetumpka is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Wetumpka 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. 99.35% 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.

As is often the case in a small city, Wetumpka doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Wetumpka Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Wetumpka who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 15.35% of the adults in Wetumpka have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wetumpka in 2000 was $15,729, 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 $62,916 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Wetumpka is English. Some people also speak Spanish.