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Anniston, AL

21,377 Population
45.8 square miles 466.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 39 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$31,627 ±$2,858 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $29,571 ±$1,131
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$44,806 ±$4,727 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $55,826 ±$2,168
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

20.1% ±3.3% (4,100  ±672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 17.5% 19,558 (±1.6% / ±1,775)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

23.2 minutes ±2.9 (181,465  ±26,193) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 24.7 1,145,640 (±1.1 / ±56,259)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

9,444 ±475 Number of households
  • the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 45,125 ±708
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.1 ±0.1 (20,224  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 2.5 112,121 (±0 / ±90)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

5.1% ±2.5% (247  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 5% † 1,397 (±1.2% / ±326)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

11,749 ±498 Number of housing units
  • the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 53,271 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$141,600 ±$14,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $149,500 ±$6,196
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

11% ±1.9% (2,322  ±407.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 12.4% 14,237 (±1.2% / ±1,354.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

84.6% ±4.6% (12,963  ±854.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 86.1% 67,687 (±2.4% / ±1,923.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
21.5% ±2.6% (3,290  ±411.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 20.6% 16,154 (±1.2% / ±924.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±0.8% (400  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 2.3% 2,710
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

10.3% ±1.8% (1,749  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 8.3% 7,515 (±0.6% / ±540)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
1,749 Total veterans ±301 1,557 Male ±273 192 Female ±136

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