Andalusia is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 8,749 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Andalusia is the 72nd largest community in Alabama.

Andalusia is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Andalusia is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Andalusia who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.72%), sales jobs (11.91%), and management occupations (10.23%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Andalusia spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.76 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Andalusia is a very car-oriented city. 97.3% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Andalusia is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Andalusia has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

Andalusia Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Andalusia who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 19.57% of adults in Andalusia have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Andalusia in 2000 was $17,292, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,168 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Andalusia is English.