About Elkmont

Elkmont is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,100 people and just one neighborhood, Elkmont is the 104th largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elkmont is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.9% of the Elkmont workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Elkmont is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Elkmont who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.29%), sales jobs (9.31%), and teaching (5.26%).

One downside of living in Elkmont is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elkmont, the average commute to work is 33.19 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Elkmont 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 Elkmont, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.91% 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, Elkmont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Elkmont Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Elkmont is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.50% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Elkmont in 2000 was $16,811, 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 $67,244 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Elkmont is English.