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Shorter, AL

404 Population
4.5 square miles 89 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.6 ±5.7 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 34.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,712 ±$7,523 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $35,042 ±$988
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,125 ±$24,882 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $63,649 ±$2,414
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28% ±18.6% (113  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 19.4% 36,775 (±1.2% / ±2,269)
  • 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)

23 minutes ±1.1 (3,100  ±1,301) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 22.4 1,857,470 (±0.6 / ±67,389)
  • 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

179 ±50 Number of households
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 76,673 ±983
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (404  ±118) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 2.5 189,789 (±0 / ±187)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±10.1% (1  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 3.5% † 1,856 (±0.6% / ±335)
  • about two-fifths of 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

197 ±51 Number of housing units
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 89,272 ±101
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,600 ±$96,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $247,500 ±$6,243
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±5% (9  ±20.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 13.8% 27,304 (±1% / ±1,904.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.3% ±27.3% (249  ±57.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 91.5% 113,602 (±2.2% / ±2,701.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.8% ±8.3% (47  ±29.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 40.4% 50,207 (±1.3% / ±1,662.8)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-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

1.5% ±2.2% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 6.5% 13,050
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.2% ±5.6% (48  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 7.1% 11,237 (±0.6% / ±939)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
48 Total veterans ±23 48 Male ±23 N/A Female ±13

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