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Elba, AL

3,468 Population
15.3 square miles 226.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 39 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,032 ±$3,097 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: $34,095 ±$1,368
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,792 ±$11,512 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: $68,353 ±$3,218
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.8% ±9% (735  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 16.7% 9,033 (±1.5% / ±795)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.8 minutes ±5.3 (26,205  ±7,629) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 23 507,020 (±0.7 / ±22,484)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,275 ±174 Number of households
  • the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 20,984 ±409
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,136  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 2.6 54,163 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

20.9% ±11.7% (142  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 8.2% † 1,031 (±1.6% / ±195)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,595 ±181 Number of housing units
  • the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 24,656 ±55
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,500 ±$12,710 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: $188,600 ±$7,326
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±2.2% (182  ±72.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 13.1% † 7,065 (±1.7% / ±896.7)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.4% ±10.6% (2,157  ±322.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 87.1% 32,498 (±3% / ±1,108.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.7% ±5.2% (313  ±142.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 22.5% 8,388 (±1.5% / ±567.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.6% ±1.9% (90  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 4.6% 2,545
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±3.1% (206  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Enterprise, AL Micro Area: 15.3% 6,136 (±1.1% / ±440)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
206 Total veterans ±89 206 Male ±89 N/A Female ±13

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