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Goodwater, AL

1,445 Population
6.5 square miles 222.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±14.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 42.6 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,459 ±$2,738 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $30,468 ±$1,351
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,511 ±$13,886 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $57,722 ±$2,273
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

36.4% ±10.8% (504  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 17.3% 15,096 (±1.4% / ±1,250)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.7 minutes ±7.8 (8,920  ±4,038) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 28.4 956,545 (±1.2 / ±51,362)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

633 ±163 Number of households
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 38,062 ±593
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.8 (1,383  ±334) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 2.3 87,587 (±0 / ±115)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

846 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 44,605 ±74
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$58,900 ±$45,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $144,400 ±$11,103
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±13.5% (219  ±201.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 10.8% † 9,736 (±1.3% / ±1,162.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.6% ±4.2% (773  ±193.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 85.7% 56,537 (±2.7% / ±1,794.3)
  • 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)
4.9% ±5.7% (48  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 16.2% 10,697 (±1.3% / ±855.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • less than a fifth 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

0.6% ±1% (9  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 1.8% 1,666
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±4.4% (50  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 7.1% 5,137 (±0.7% / ±476)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
50 Total veterans ±49 26 Male ±34 24 Female ±30

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