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Irondale, AL

13,464 Population
17.3 square miles 777.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,131 ±$8,099 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $40,359 ±$479
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,343 ±$7,182 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $71,498 ±$989
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.2% ±6.4% (2,020  ±857) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 13.8% 159,064 (±0.5% / ±5,436)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±4.1 (131,110  ±17,119) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27 13,005,760 (±0.3 / ±199,599)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,089 ±455 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 465,003 ±2,429
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (13,290  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,154,519 (±0 / ±477)
  • 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

5.9% ±4.4% (170  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.8% 13,465 (±0.4% / ±986)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,675 ±478 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 526,287 ±252
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$255,800 ±$18,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $240,200 ±$2,820
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.1% ±5.9% (2,125  ±770.8) 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)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±7.6% (9,152  ±931.2) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.3% ±4.9% (4,169  ±548.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 273,474 (±0.5% / ±4,098.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

6% ±2.8% (808  ±376) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.5% 53,481
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2% (604  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.9% 53,996 (±0.2% / ±1,869)
  • 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)
604 Total veterans ±218 528 Male ±190 76 Female ±118

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