The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Elba has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Elba a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Elba, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.84 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Elba does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Elba are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.67% of adults in Elba have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Elba in 2018 was $22,960, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,840 for a family of four. However, Elba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elba is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elba include Irish, English, German, European, and African.
The most common language spoken in Elba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
