Alcoa is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 13,349 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alcoa is the 59th largest community in Tennessee. Alcoa real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Alcoa house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Alcoa is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Alcoa is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alcoa who work in office and administrative support (12.86%), sales jobs (9.14%), and management occupations (8.30%). Also of interest is that Alcoa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.12% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In terms of college education, Alcoa is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.39% of adults in Alcoa have a college degree. The per capita income in Alcoa in 2022 was $33,389, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,556 for a family of four. However, Alcoa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alcoa is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alcoa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alcoa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alcoa include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Alcoa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
