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Smiths Station, AL

5,443 Population
8.2 square miles 665.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 33.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$29,501 ±$7,394 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $33,549 ±$1,111
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$57,410 ±$5,385 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $58,991 ±$2,099
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

14.7% ±6.5% (796  ±352) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 19.2% 35,730 (±1.2% / ±2,228)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

23.7 minutes ±5.1 (46,550  ±11,888) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 22.5 1,837,885 (±0.7 / ±69,458)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

1,728 ±183 Number of households
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 75,095 ±828
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
3.1 ±0.3 (5,430  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 2.5 186,745 (±0 / ±216)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.9% ±3.1% (46  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 3.9% † 2,029 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

1,861 ±227 Number of housing units
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 87,173 ±129
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$184,400 ±$9,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $224,600 ±$7,425
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

9.9% ±4.2% (532  ±225.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 14.8% 28,727 (±1.1% / ±2,126.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

84.5% ±11.3% (2,907  ±453.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 90.7% 110,273 (±2.3% / ±2,759.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
19.4% ±6.9% (669  ±241.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 39.4% 47,833 (±1.5% / ±1,789.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.7% ±1.3% (145  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 6% 11,750
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

15% ±4.3% (555  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 7.3% 11,344 (±0.6% / ±850)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
555 Total veterans ±165 491 Male ±137 64 Female ±62

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