Semmes is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,499 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. 35.17% 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 office and administrative support (9.49%), management occupations (8.40%), and healthcare (7.83%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 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!) Semmes 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. Semmes has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Semmes than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Semmes may be for you. 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.The education level of Semmes citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.70% of adults 25 and older in Semmes have a college degree. The per capita income in Semmes in 2022 was $34,792, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,168 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 Tagalog.
