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Hamilton, AL

6,922 Population
38.1 square miles 181.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Marion County: 43.9 ±0.7
  • 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

$27,569 ±$4,065 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Marion County: $27,195 ±$2,140
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,871 ±$20,991 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marion County: $50,088 ±$4,308
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±4.9% (1,092  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Marion County: 16.2% † 4,630 (±2.2% / ±625)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±4.7 (53,025  ±12,815) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Marion County: 25.9 271,075 (±2.3 / ±28,990)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,577 ±253 Number of households
  • Marion County: 10,614 ±401
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (6,517  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Marion County: 2.7 28,526 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±5.8% (140  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marion County: 6.1% † 366 (±2.5% / ±150)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,423 ±289 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 14,220 ±35
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$106,300 ±$22,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Marion County: $106,600 ±$9,344
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±2.7% (440  ±183.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marion County: 10.3% † 2,972 (±2% / ±568.4)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.6% ±9.2% (4,311  ±533.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 83% 17,304 (±4.3% / ±895.8)
  • a little less than 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)
15.6% ±3.9% (802  ±206.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 13.3% † 2,766 (±1.7% / ±347.4)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.1% ±1.1% (73  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marion County: 0.7% 217
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.5% (303  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marion County: 6.5% † 1,505 (±1.4% / ±317)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
303 Total veterans ±141 288 Male ±136 15 Female ±24

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