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Sheffield, AL

9,334 Population
7 square miles 1,335.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$26,539 ±$2,718 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $33,252 ±$782
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$42,097 ±$4,763 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $58,049 ±$2,336
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

25.7% ±5.6% (2,389  ±520) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14.9% 22,210 (±1.2% / ±1,719)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

20.4 minutes ±2.5 (75,220  ±12,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 25.2 1,606,630 (±0.8 / ±64,531)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

4,386 ±262 Number of households
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 62,994 ±776
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.1 ±0.1 (9,288  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.4 149,464 (±0 / ±143)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.3% ±3.1% (65  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,536 (±0.9% / ±321)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

5,088 ±259 Number of housing units
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 72,688 ±81
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$127,100 ±$14,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $175,800 ±$5,297
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

9.9% ±3.2% (911  ±290.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14% 21,107 (±1.4% / ±2,089.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

87.7% ±6% (5,628  ±528.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 88.6% 93,862 (±2.2% / ±2,330.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
15.9% ±2.6% (1,022  ±178.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 24.5% 25,893 (±1.1% / ±1,158.1)
  • 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

0.9% ±0.8% (80  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.1% 3,161
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

6.4% ±1.7% (476  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 7.3% 8,836 (±0.5% / ±637)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
476 Total veterans ±127 455 Male ±127 21 Female ±22

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