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Fort Payne, AL

14,886 Population
56.4 square miles 263.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 39.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$27,039 ±$3,354 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $25,274 ±$884
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$48,623 ±$5,276 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $51,149 ±$2,343
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

23.5% ±5.8% (3,383  ±842) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 20.4% † 14,405 (±2.1% / ±1,451)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

18.6 minutes ±1.8 (109,875  ±14,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 24.5 710,320 (±0.9 / ±34,347)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

5,663 ±398 Number of households
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 25,946 ±462
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.6 ±0.2 (14,474  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 2.7 70,990 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.1% ±2.2% (99  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 5.2% † 826 (±1.3% / ±201)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

6,497 ±391 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 30,853 ±62
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$158,100 ±$21,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $135,500 † ±$14,323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

8.7% ±3.2% (1,280  ±475.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 9.2% † 6,541 (±1.6% / ±1,137.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

80.1% ±5.8% (7,772  ±697.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 79% 38,260 (±2.8% / ±1,378.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
17.5% ±2.9% (1,697  ±290.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 13.9% 6,727 (±1.2% / ±602.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

10.1% ±2.8% (1,502  ±410) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 7.4% 5,313
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

5.7% ±1.9% (632  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 6.2% † 3,346 (±0.7% / ±353)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
632 Total veterans ±213 603 Male ±207 29 Female ±34

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