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Scottsboro, AL

15,641 Population
50.6 square miles 308.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 43.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$31,971 ±$2,903 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $28,452 ±$1,190
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$52,949 ±$7,307 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $49,454 ±$2,597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

18.3% ±4% (2,774  ±607) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 16.8% † 8,758 (±1.8% / ±934)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

21.8 minutes ±2.1 (125,725  ±15,917) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 28.2 558,470 (±1.2 / ±33,555)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

6,338 ±275 Number of households
  • the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 21,186 ±427
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0.1 (15,205  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 2.5 52,188 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

2.1% ±1.5% (73  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 4.8% † 543 (±1.3% / ±150)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

7,015 ±319 Number of housing units
  • the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 24,797 ±49
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$175,700 ±$14,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $145,800 ±$11,390
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

11.5% ±2.9% (1,791  ±448.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 8% † 4,194 (±1.3% / ±658.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

87.6% ±5.7% (9,719  ±707.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 82.1% 31,091 (±3.1% / ±1,166.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
25% ±3.3% (2,774  ±378.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 15.6% 5,892 (±1.5% / ±550.4)
  • 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

2.1% ±1.1% (326  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 1.8% 965
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

5.4% ±1.4% (657  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 6.8% † 2,855 (±0.8% / ±338)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
657 Total veterans ±166 606 Male ±160 51 Female ±40

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