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Phenix City, AL

38,477 Population
28.1 square miles 1,371.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 36.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$30,523 ±$1,979 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $32,380 ±$743
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$49,715 ±$3,839 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $57,762 ±$1,311
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

23.8% ±3.5% (9,031  ±1,333) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 18.3% 57,312 (±1% / ±3,260)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

21 minutes ±0.9 (329,060  ±23,557) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 22.1 2,828,590 (±0.5 / ±76,080)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

16,376 ±503 Number of households
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 126,156 ±1,539
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.3 ±0.1 (37,964  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 2.5 313,478 (±0 / ±2,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

7.9% ±3.3% (812  ±344) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 5.7% † 4,402 (±0.7% / ±571)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

18,671 ±490 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 144,950 ±1,135
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$160,000 ±$11,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $184,900 ±$4,301
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

13.4% ±2.5% (5,090  ±943.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 15.9% 51,185 (±1% / ±3,187.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

88.6% ±5.1% (23,008  ±1,440.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 88.3% 192,179 (±1.7% / ±3,757.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
23.3% ±3.2% (6,048  ±845.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 26.9% 58,519 (±1% / ±2,128.1)
  • about 80 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

4.3% ±1.3% (1,642  ±496) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 4.5% 14,700
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

11.1% ±1.6% (3,154  ±471) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 13.7% 32,155 (±0.7% / ±1,562)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
3,154 Total veterans ±471 2,733 Male ±442 421 Female ±168

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