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Hobson City, AL

1,142 Population
1 square miles 1,092.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,668 ±$6,101 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $30,275 ±$1,040
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,361 ±$23,268 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $55,029 ±$2,763
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.8% ±11.1% (226  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 17.9% 19,954 (±1.5% / ±1,685)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.5 minutes ±15.7 (11,090  ±4,595) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 25.2 1,160,235 (±1 / ±55,109)
  • 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

355 ±106 Number of households
  • the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 45,015 ±664
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.5 (1,142  ±385) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 2.5 111,787 (±0 / ±131)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

459 ±121 Number of housing units
  • the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 53,361 ±67
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,200 ±$53,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $156,600 ±$5,832
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±7.9% (125  ±99.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 11.5% 13,262 (±1.1% / ±1,300.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±37.8% (556  ±160.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 86.4% 67,821 (±2.6% / ±2,047.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9% ±4.9% (59  ±37.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 20.7% 16,207 (±1.1% / ±898.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.5% ±5.7% (65  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 7.6% 6,913 (±0.7% / ±633)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
65 Total veterans ±48 65 Male ±48 N/A Female ±13

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