Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Tuscaloosa City School District, AL

114,203 Population
61.1 square miles 1,869.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

26.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tuscaloosa County: 33.2 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,649 ±$2,968 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tuscaloosa County: $34,593 ±$1,933
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,289 ±$3,672 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tuscaloosa County: $68,404 ±$5,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.8% ±3.5% (21,644  ±3,449) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 15.6% † 35,112 (±2.5% / ±5,706)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±1.3 (873,630  ±66,869) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tuscaloosa County: 23.3 2,395,000 (±0.7 / ±83,347)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

45,582 ±2,275 Number of households
  • Tuscaloosa County: 94,445 ±2,138
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (99,092  ±1,335) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tuscaloosa County: 2.4 224,964 (±0.1 / ±1,282)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2% ±1.2% (763  ±460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 3.9% † 2,652 (±1.5% / ±1,058)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,280 ±1,890 Number of housing units
  • Tuscaloosa County: 106,321 ±545
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$277,100 ±$40,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Tuscaloosa County: $260,600 ±$13,149
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

31.3% ±5.4% (35,621  ±6,140.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 18.4% † 43,985 (±2.8% / ±6,574.4)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% ±6.5% (54,322  ±4,513) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 91.6% 133,759 (±4.3% / ±6,358)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.3% ±4.5% (23,593  ±2,844.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 33.5% 48,974 (±2.7% / ±3,989.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent 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

7.4% ±2.1% (8,418  ±2,401) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 5.8% 13,901
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±1% (4,078  ±1,017) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 5.7% † 11,060 (±0.9% / ±1,750)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,078 Total veterans ±1,017 3,866 Male ±986 212 Female ±226

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.