Wilmer is a medium-sized town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 10,411 people and three associated neighborhoods, Wilmer is the 64th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wilmer is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wilmer is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilmer who work in office and administrative support (18.28%), management occupations (9.62%), and sales jobs (8.82%). A relatively large number of people in Wilmer telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.01% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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!) Wilmer 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. Wilmer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wilmer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wilmer may be for you. In Wilmer, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.80 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Wilmer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Wilmer are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.47% of adults in Wilmer have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Wilmer in 2022 was $26,956, 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 $107,824 for a family of four. However, Wilmer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Wilmer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilmer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wilmer include Irish, English, German, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Wilmer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
