The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Roanoke has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Roanoke a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Roanoke 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 percentage of adults in Roanoke who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.60% of the adults in Roanoke have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Roanoke in 2022 was $25,900, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,600 for a family of four. However, Roanoke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roanoke is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roanoke home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roanoke residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roanoke include English, African, Irish, Scots-Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Roanoke is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
