About Alcova

Alcova is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 211 people and just one neighborhood, Alcova is the 62nd largest community in Wyoming.

Alcova is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.48% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alcova is a town of managers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Alcova who work in farm management (51.19%), teaching (21.43%), and sales jobs (9.52%).

Another important characteristic of Alcova is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Alcova is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

Alcova is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Alcova 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.

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

Alcova Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Alcova is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.65% of adults in Alcova have a college degree.

The per capita income in Alcova in 2000 was $24,495, which is wealthy relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,980 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Alcova is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.