Originally Posted by Dart

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One of the wealthier suburbs of Birmingham, the median income for a family is $78,940, with only 4.3 percent of families falling below the poverty line. Alabaster residents believe in the sanctity of marriage. Of the city’s 11,000 or so households, 68 percent are married couples, and only 8.9 percent are single, female-led households.



That household income is pretty impressive. Alabaster must have a very strong job market for being a relatively small city. Above everything else, a strong job market is what brings in people.


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