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!) Phil Campbell 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. Phil Campbell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Phil Campbell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Phil Campbell may be for you.
Being a small town, Phil Campbell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Phil Campbell have a very low rate of college education: just 6.42% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Phil Campbell in 2022 was $21,887, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,548 for a family of four. However, Phil Campbell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Phil Campbell is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Phil Campbell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Phil Campbell residents report their race to be White. Phil Campbell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.66% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Phil Campbell include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Phil Campbell's cultural character, accounting for 17.27% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Phil Campbell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
