It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Eclectic has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Eclectic has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Eclectic than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Eclectic may be for you.
In Eclectic, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.51 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Eclectic 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.
The percentage of adults in Eclectic who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.58% of the adults in Eclectic have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Eclectic in 2022 was $24,957, 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 $99,828 for a family of four. However, Eclectic contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Eclectic home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eclectic residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eclectic include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Eclectic is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
