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Brewton, AL

5,232 Population
11.3 square miles 463.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Escambia County: 40.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$30,736 ±$3,859 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Escambia County: $22,916 ±$1,059
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$48,766 ±$7,262 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Escambia County: $44,447 ±$3,904
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

13.2% ±5% (643  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Escambia County: 21.2% † 7,238 (±2.8% / ±952)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

19.2 minutes ±3.7 (37,970  ±8,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Escambia County: 22.2 275,775 (±1.1 / ±21,288)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

1,890 ±215 Number of households
  • Escambia County: 12,781 ±438
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.6 ±0.3 (4,911  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Escambia County: 2.7 34,160 (±0.1 / ±111)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.2% ±4.5% (33  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Escambia County: 3.6% † 273 (±1.5% / ±117)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

2,429 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Escambia County: 16,759 ±48
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$144,400 ±$33,740 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Escambia County: $122,700 ±$9,203
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

5.9% ±2.7% (304  ±138.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Escambia County: 6.8% † 2,472 (±1.3% / ±485.5)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

85.2% ±9.4% (3,142  ±398.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Escambia County: 82.5% 21,045 (±3.6% / ±954)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
25.4% ±6.6% (937  ±250.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Escambia County: 12.5% † 3,185 (±1.6% / ±406.3)
  • about 90 percent 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

1.2% ±1.4% (60  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Escambia County: 0.9% 322
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

10.7% ±3.9% (428  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Escambia County: 7.7% † 2,179 (±1.1% / ±304)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
428 Total veterans ±158 361 Male ±144 67 Female ±58

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