Semmes is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,846 people and four associated neighborhoods, Semmes is the 123rd largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Semmes is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.31% of the Semmes workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Semmes is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Semmes who work in sales jobs (8.54%), office and administrative support (7.98%), and business and financial occupations (7.54%). Also of interest is that Semmes has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.09% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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, Semmes has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Semmes a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Semmes is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Semmes is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.12% of adults 25 and older in Semmes have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Semmes in 2022 was $42,793, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,172 for a family of four. However, Semmes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Semmes is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Semmes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Semmes residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Semmes include English, German, Irish, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Semmes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
