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Chelsea, AL

15,731 Population
33 square miles 476.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$45,990 ±$4,365 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $39,288 ±$508
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$110,056 ±$12,882 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $69,627 ±$970
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

2.2% ±1.1% (346  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 14.1% 162,162 (±0.4% / ±4,990)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

34 minutes ±2.1 (223,475  ±26,522) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27.2 13,168,450 (±0.3 / ±188,813)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

5,531 ±302 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 460,747 ±2,070
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.8 ±0.2 (15,649  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,151,857 (±0 / ±444)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.5% ±2.6% (151  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.6% 12,975 (±0.4% / ±969)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

5,733 ±321 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 522,829 ±236
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$339,400 ±$12,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $226,200 ±$2,570
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

9.2% ±2.7% (1,437  ±422.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 12.5% 145,685 (±0.4% / ±4,770.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

96.8% ±6.5% (10,020  ±805.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90% 727,141 (±0.8% / ±6,559.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
44.9% ±4.7% (4,645  ±529.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.2% 268,465 (±0.5% / ±3,923.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

3.7% ±1.3% (586  ±211) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.3% 50,280
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

9.9% ±2% (1,139  ±238) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 6.3% 57,478 (±0.2% / ±2,010)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
1,139 Total veterans ±238 1,043 Male ±221 96 Female ±60

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