Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, West Blocton is worth considering.
One downside of living in West Blocton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In West Blocton, the average commute to work is 31.75 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, West Blocton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of West Blocton has a very low overall level of education: only 7.43% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in West Blocton in 2018 was $22,217, 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 $88,868 for a family of four. However, West Blocton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
West Blocton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West Blocton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Blocton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Blocton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.60% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Blocton include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in West Blocton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
