Saraland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 16,319 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Saraland is the 42nd largest community in Alabama.

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, Saraland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Saraland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

The education level of Saraland citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.65% of adults in Saraland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Saraland in 2018 was $35,057, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,228 for a family of four. However, Saraland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Saraland is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Saraland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Saraland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Saraland include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish.

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