Tuscaloosa is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 78,265 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Tuscaloosa is the fifth largest community in Alabama.

Tuscaloosa is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Tuscaloosa is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tuscaloosa who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.15%), sales jobs (12.87%), and teaching (10.35%).

Tuscaloosa is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Tuscaloosa have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Tuscaloosa's economy is one such example of this.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.14 minutes getting to work every day.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Tuscaloosa use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Tuscaloosa's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding taxis. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Tuscaloosa Information and Demographics

The education level of Tuscaloosa citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 30.91% of adults in Tuscaloosa have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Tuscaloosa in 2000 was $19,129, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $76,516 for a family of four.

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

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