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Muscle Shoals, AL

16,951 Population
16.9 square miles 1,004.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$35,651 ±$2,489 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $35,173 ±$1,036
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$75,894 ±$8,296 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $61,891 ±$1,883
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

12.8% ±3.1% (2,129  ±517) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14.2% 21,247 (±1.1% / ±1,610)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

21.7 minutes ±1.4 (156,845  ±17,562) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 24.6 1,586,830 (±0.9 / ±66,881)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

6,934 ±414 Number of households
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 63,559 ±722
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.4 ±0.1 (16,826  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.4 150,378 (±0 / ±161)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

4.2% ±2.3% (189  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 4.7% † 1,664 (±0.9% / ±328)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

7,273 ±446 Number of housing units
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 72,976 ±95
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$199,700 ±$19,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $187,400 ±$5,606
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

14.9% ±4.4% (2,494  ±743.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 13.5% 20,598 (±1.3% / ±2,033.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

90.2% ±7.5% (10,740  ±993.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 89.4% 95,388 (±2.2% / ±2,395.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
24% ±3.6% (2,853  ±444) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 26.7% 28,471 (±1.2% / ±1,251.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

2% ±1.1% (344  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.2% 3,430
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

8.1% ±2.4% (1,068  ±318) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 6.9% 8,440 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
1,068 Total veterans ±318 988 Male ±306 80 Female ±63

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