Ozark is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 14,346 people and six associated neighborhoods, Ozark is the 53rd largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ozark is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ozark is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ozark who work in sales jobs (10.20%), office and administrative support (8.55%), and healthcare (8.15%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Ozark 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. Ozark has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ozark than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ozark may be for you.In terms of college education, Ozark is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.48% of adults 25 and older in Ozark have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ozark in 2022 was $27,716, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,864 for a family of four. However, Ozark contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ozark is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ozark home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ozark residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ozark include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Ozark is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
