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Scottsboro, AL

15,712 Population
50.6 square miles 310.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 43.5 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,454 ±$2,771 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $30,130 ±$1,257
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,929 ±$5,479 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $51,908 ±$1,987
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±4.5% (2,848  ±686) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 17.3% † 9,024 (±1.9% / ±1,005)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±2.4 (135,620  ±17,323) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 27.3 549,350 (±1 / ±26,073)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,482 ±289 Number of households
  • the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 21,795 ±348
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (15,302  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 2.4 52,440 (±0 / ±20)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±2.2% (82  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 4% † 457 (±1.3% / ±149)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,067 ±334 Number of housing units
  • the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 24,914 ±82
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$190,400 ±$17,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $159,500 ±$7,041
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±3.1% (1,943  ±478.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 8.9% † 4,682 (±1.3% / ±663.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±5.7% (9,914  ±713.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 82.8% 31,450 (±3.2% / ±1,204.8)
  • 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)
22.6% ±2.8% (2,532  ±324.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 15.9% 6,046 (±1.4% / ±529.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

2% ±0.9% (306  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 1.9% 982
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.8% (865  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 7.6% † 3,202 (±0.8% / ±350)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
865 Total veterans ±221 811 Male ±213 54 Female ±38

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