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Phenix City, AL

38,499 Population
28.1 square miles 1,371.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,513 ±$2,245 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $33,493 ±$971
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,053 ±$3,946 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $59,336 ±$1,529
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.5% ±3.5% (9,287  ±1,332) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 18.7% 58,467 (±1.2% / ±3,747)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±1 (327,055  ±26,116) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 22.6 2,832,785 (±0.5 / ±79,611)
  • 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

15,783 ±491 Number of households
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 127,512 ±1,104
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (38,016  ±34) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 2.5 313,075 (±0 / ±1,052)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±1.9% (573  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,236 (±0.8% / ±638)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,232 ±405 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 145,963 ±521
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,300 ±$13,449 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $197,300 ±$5,529
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±2.8% (4,898  ±1,070.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 15.3% 49,202 (±0.9% / ±2,937.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±4.8% (22,919  ±1,343.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 89.1% 194,136 (±1.6% / ±3,601.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.2% ±2.9% (5,914  ±752.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 28.1% 61,162 (±1% / ±2,139.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-thirds of 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

3.6% ±0.9% (1,367  ±353) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 4.3% 13,979
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.8% ±1.4% (3,295  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 13.4% 31,489 (±0.6% / ±1,432)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,295 Total veterans ±402 2,904 Male ±400 391 Female ±160

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