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!) Valley Grande 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. Valley Grande has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Valley Grande than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Valley Grande may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Valley Grande doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Valley Grande with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.21% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Valley Grande in 2022 was $29,200, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,800 for a family of four. However, Valley Grande contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Valley Grande is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Valley Grande home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Valley Grande residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Valley Grande include English, German, Irish, French, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Valley Grande is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
