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Gadsden, AL

33,374 Population
37.4 square miles 891.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$22,914 ±$1,795 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $29,604 ±$1,436
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$40,345 ±$2,977 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $54,563 ±$2,653
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

28.1% ±3.1% (9,138  ±1,008) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 16.9% † 17,227 (±1.7% / ±1,735)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

20.7 minutes ±2.2 (245,445  ±29,671) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 25.5 1,046,710 (±1 / ±50,694)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

12,746 ±598 Number of households
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 39,411 ±707
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.5 ±0.1 (32,265  ±42) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6 101,530 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

5.6% ±2% (425  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 5.6% † 1,271 (±1% / ±228)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

16,513 ±513 Number of housing units
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 47,603 ±49
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$116,800 ±$9,812 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $167,100 ±$4,938
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

13.5% ±2.2% (4,461  ±714.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 9.8% † 10,006 (±1.1% / ±1,066.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

82.2% ±3.8% (18,239  ±942.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 86.1% 62,378 (±2.6% / ±1,859.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
15.5% ±2% (3,433  ±455.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 18.1% 13,109 (±1.2% / ±895)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

4.2% ±0.9% (1,386  ±314) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.5% 2,523
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

5.7% ±1.1% (1,452  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 6.3% † 5,102 (±0.7% / ±564)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
1,452 Total veterans ±276 1,337 Male ±271 115 Female ±56

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