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Section, AL

998 Population
4.6 square miles 218.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 43.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$26,887 ±$7,132 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $28,452 ±$1,190
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$35,417 ±$13,329 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $49,454 ±$2,597
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

23.4% ±15.5% (233  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 16.8% † 8,758 (±1.8% / ±934)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

38 minutes ±16.2 (12,620  ±7,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 28.2 558,470 (±1.2 / ±33,555)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

377 ±81 Number of households
  • the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 21,186 ±427
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.7 ±0.4 (998  ±265) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 2.5 52,188 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

5.5% ±6.2% (10  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 4.8% † 543 (±1.3% / ±150)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

414 ±89 Number of housing units
  • the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 24,797 ±49
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$135,700 ±$32,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: $145,800 ±$11,390
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

6.7% ±4.6% (66  ±48.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 8% † 4,194 (±1.3% / ±658.7)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

76.9% ±23.7% (516  ±111.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 82.1% 31,091 (±3.1% / ±1,166.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
17% ±10.5% (114  ±74.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 15.6% 5,892 (±1.5% / ±550.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.2% ±2.4% (22  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 1.8% 965
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

5.8% ±2.3% (43  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scottsboro, AL Micro Area: 6.8% † 2,855 (±0.8% / ±338)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
43 Total veterans ±19 39 Male ±19 4 Female ±7

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