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Tuscaloosa, AL Urban Area

170,416 Population
88.2 square miles 1,933 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,515 ±$2,266 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,046 ±$7,640 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.1% ±3% (27,985  ±4,750) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.8 minutes ±0.7 (1,488,145  ±67,600) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

68,230 ±2,421 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (154,308  ±3,740) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.7% ±1.3% (1,403  ±680) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,560 ±1,737 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$269,300 ±$16,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

22.6% ±3.7% (38,269  ±6,330.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±5% (89,989  ±5,545) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.1% ±3.5% (37,363  ±3,624.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.2% ±1.5% (12,337  ±2,536) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1.2% (8,246  ±1,679) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,246 Total veterans ±1,679 7,157 Male ±1,414 1,089 Female ±713

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