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
Bon Air's population according to the 2010 Census was 116. Of that number, 80.2 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 6.9 percent as African American, 6.9 percent as two or more races, 2.6 percent as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.6 percent as Native American. The town's median household income, according to 2010 estimates, was $34,075, and the per capita income was $21,568.
Employment
According to 2010 Census estimates, the work force in Bon Air was divided among the following industrial categories:
· Manufacturing (29.6 percent)
· Construction (16.7 percent)
· Transportation and warehousing and utilities (14.8 percent)
· Arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation and food services (14.8 percent)
· Educational services, and health care and social assistance (11.1 percent)
· Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (5.6 percent)
· Wholesale trade (3.7 percent)
· Information (3.7 percent)
· Construction (16.7 percent)
· Transportation and warehousing and utilities (14.8 percent)
· Arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation and food services (14.8 percent)
· Educational services, and health care and social assistance (11.1 percent)
· Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (5.6 percent)
· Wholesale trade (3.7 percent)
· Information (3.7 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.