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!) Alba 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. Alba has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Alba than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Alba may be for you.
One downside of living in Alba, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.59 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Alba doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Alba are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.79% of adults in Alba have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Alba in 2022 was $28,675, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,700 for a family of four. However, Alba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alba is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alba include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Alba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
