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Wilcox County, AL

10,172 Population
887.9 square miles 11.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,078 ±$5,170 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,640 ±$7,684 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.2% ±4.8% (2,811  ±481) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±3.5 (90,295  ±14,018) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,860 ±212 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (9,982  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±2.9% (54  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,334 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,800 ±$14,612 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±4.5% (1,188  ±456.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.4% ±6.3% (5,659  ±476.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13% ±2.7% (900  ±187.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • 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

0.4% (40  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.6% (432  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
432 Total veterans ±128 407 Male ±127 25 Female ±23

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