About Banks

Banks is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 231 people and just one neighborhood, Banks is the 348th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Banks, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.4% of Banks's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Banks is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Banks who work in sales jobs (14.14%), office and administrative support jobs (10.10%), and management occupations (8.08%).

Banks is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Banks 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. 100% 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.

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

Banks Information and Demographics

In Banks, just 8.86% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Banks in 2000 was $15,601, 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 $62,404 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Banks is English.