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Muscle Shoals, AL

16,670 Population
16.9 square miles 988.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$36,427 ±$2,820 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $33,252 ±$782
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$70,927 ±$11,793 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $58,049 ±$2,336
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

10.4% ±3.5% (1,704  ±570) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14.9% 22,210 (±1.2% / ±1,719)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

20.7 minutes ±1.2 (147,860  ±16,337) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 25.2 1,606,630 (±0.8 / ±64,531)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

6,698 ±380 Number of households
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 62,994 ±776
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.5 ±0.1 (16,526  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.4 149,464 (±0 / ±143)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

5.5% ±2.2% (223  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,536 (±0.9% / ±321)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

7,118 ±377 Number of housing units
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 72,688 ±81
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$198,300 ±$14,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $175,800 ±$5,297
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

12.5% ±4% (2,048  ±648.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14% 21,107 (±1.4% / ±2,089.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

90.8% ±7.4% (10,506  ±953.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 88.6% 93,862 (±2.2% / ±2,330.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
24.4% ±3.4% (2,820  ±412.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 24.5% 25,893 (±1.1% / ±1,158.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

2.5% ±1.2% (422  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.1% 3,161
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

8.6% ±2.2% (1,094  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 7.3% 8,836 (±0.5% / ±637)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
1,094 Total veterans ±284 1,020 Male ±271 74 Female ±66

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