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Sylacauga, AL Urban Area

17,563 Population
19.3 square miles 911.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,151 ±$1,985 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,837 ±$6,159 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.9% ±4.2% (3,798  ±756) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±3.1 (168,530  ±26,387) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,817 ±477 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (17,332  ±833) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.7% (245  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,673 ±530 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,900 ±$16,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±3.2% (2,047  ±573.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±4.4% (10,456  ±817.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13% ±2.4% (1,595  ±309.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third 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

1.3% ±0.9% (223  ±150) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±1.7% (1,081  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,081 Total veterans ±230 1,017 Male ±245 64 Female ±71

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