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Homewood, AL

27,829 Population
8.3 square miles 3,368.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±2.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$53,746 ±$3,409 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $40,359 ±$479
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$94,485 ±$10,781 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $71,498 ±$989
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

8.9% ±2% (2,205  ±504) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 13.8% 159,064 (±0.5% / ±5,436)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

17.1 minutes ±0.9 (208,005  ±16,449) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27 13,005,760 (±0.3 / ±199,599)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

9,830 ±465 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 465,003 ±2,429
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.5 ±0.1 (24,832  ±99) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,154,519 (±0 / ±477)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

4.8% ±1.9% (430  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.8% 13,465 (±0.4% / ±986)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

10,882 ±443 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 526,287 ±252
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$558,500 ±$28,609 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $240,200 ±$2,820
  • more than double the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

16.7% ±3% (4,577  ±814.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 11.6% 135,949 (±0.5% / ±5,329.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

96.1% ±4.9% (14,959  ±931.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90.4% 732,874 (±0.8% / ±6,702.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
70.9% ±4.2% (11,033  ±759.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 273,474 (±0.5% / ±4,098.8)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

7.8% ±2.6% (2,170  ±725) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.5% 53,481
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

2.8% ±0.9% (587  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.9% 53,996 (±0.2% / ±1,869)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
587 Total veterans ±178 534 Male ±163 53 Female ±69

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