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!) Elkmont 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. Elkmont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elkmont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elkmont may be for you.
In Elkmont, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Elkmont doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Elkmont are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.52% of adults in Elkmont have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Elkmont in 2022 was $31,255, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,020 for a family of four. However, Elkmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Elkmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elkmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elkmont include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Elkmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
