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Gadsden, AL Urban Area

58,049 Population
61.2 square miles 948.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,306 ±$2,429 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,426 ±$3,263 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.6% ±1.6% (11,693  ±963) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22 minutes ±1.5 (492,545  ±43,579) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

22,130 ±692 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (56,635  ±1,455) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.5% ±1.3% (580  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

26,963 ±597 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$144,900 ±$7,343 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.4% ±1.4% (7,101  ±814.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.4% ±3.2% (34,509  ±1,547.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.2% ±1.5% (6,959  ±624.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±0.7% (2,197  ±400) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.4% ±0.8% (2,866  ±383) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,866 Total veterans ±383 2,689 Male ±356 177 Female ±99

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