Scottsboro is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 15,677 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Scottsboro is the 45th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Scottsboro is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Scottsboro is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scottsboro who work in management occupations (11.76%), sales jobs (11.41%), and office and administrative support (8.57%). Also of interest is that Scottsboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Scottsboro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Scottsboro overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Scottsboro, 24.54% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Scottsboro in 2022 was $31,876, 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 $127,504 for a family of four. However, Scottsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Scottsboro is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Scottsboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scottsboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Scottsboro include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Scottsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
