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Sheffield, AL

9,340 Population
7 square miles 1,336.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,163 ±$2,848 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $35,173 ±$1,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,733 ±$5,945 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $61,891 ±$1,883
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.6% ±5.5% (2,483  ±510) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14.2% 21,247 (±1.1% / ±1,610)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±2.2 (69,005  ±11,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 24.6 1,586,830 (±0.9 / ±66,881)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,732 ±350 Number of households
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 63,559 ±722
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (9,295  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.4 150,378 (±0 / ±161)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±5.1% (154  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 4.7% † 1,664 (±0.9% / ±328)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,453 ±351 Number of housing units
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 72,976 ±95
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$133,800 ±$14,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $187,400 ±$5,606
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±3.6% (1,052  ±331.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 13.5% 20,598 (±1.3% / ±2,033.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±6.7% (5,904  ±587.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 89.4% 95,388 (±2.2% / ±2,395.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.4% ±3.2% (1,246  ±234) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 26.7% 28,471 (±1.2% / ±1,251.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about half 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

0.9% ±0.7% (79  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.2% 3,430
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2% (534  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 6.9% 8,440 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • 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)
534 Total veterans ±160 520 Male ±161 14 Female ±14

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