Bon Air is located in southwest Talladega County in the east-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city council form of government.
History

The yarn mill prospered and sustained the town through the 1960s, when it began to suffer from competition from more modern facilities. Alabama-based Avondale Mills purchased the Bon Air mill in the late 1970s and operated it for several decades. The mill and many others in Alabama closed in the late 1990s and early 2000s as jobs were shipped to nations with cheaper labor markets. Many of the original mill houses still stand, however.
Demographics
According to 2016 Census estimates, Bon Air recorded a population of 104. Of that number, 86.5 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 8.7 percent as African American, 2.9 percent as Native American, and 1.9 percent as two or more races. The town's median household income was $32,813, and the per capita income was $11,203.
Employment
According to 2016 Census estimates, the workforce in Bon Air was divided among the following industrial categories:
- Educational services and health care and social assistance (37.5 percent)
- Construction (18.8 percent)
- Transportation and warehousing, and utilities (15.6 percent)
- Manufacturing (12.5 percent)
- Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (9.4 percent)
- Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (6.3 percent)
Education
Students in Bon Air attend Talladega County schools; no public schools are located within the town limits.
Transportation
U.S. Highway 280/231 skirts the southwest corner of Bon Air. The Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation operates a rail line through the town.
Events and Places of Interest
Bon Air is located approximately five miles northwest of the Talladega National Forest and two miles southeast of the Coosa River.