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Leighton CCD, Colbert County, AL

7,792 Population
129 square miles 60.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colbert County: 42.9 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,703 ±$4,279 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colbert County: $33,817 ±$1,691
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,667 ±$19,995 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colbert County: $60,628 ±$3,733
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±4% (884  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colbert County: 17.4% † 9,969 (±1.9% / ±1,104)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±1.3 (87,760  ±13,535) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colbert County: 22.5 533,470 (±1.3 / ±35,735)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,264 ±241 Number of households
  • Colbert County: 24,301 ±431
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (7,792  ±733) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colbert County: 2.4 57,619 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±2.7% (47  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colbert County: 4% † 516 (±1.3% / ±164)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,119 ±320 Number of housing units
  • Colbert County: 28,040 ±44
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$140,700 ±$28,672 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colbert County: $171,000 ±$6,321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±4.8% (683  ±376) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colbert County: 11.8% † 6,772 (±2.1% / ±1,200.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±5.9% (5,317  ±593) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colbert County: 87.4% 35,969 (±3.7% / ±1,557.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±5.7% (1,301  ±364.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colbert County: 21.7% 8,917 (±1.9% / ±794.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.6% ±0.9% (50  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colbert County: 1.7% 959
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.3% (404  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colbert County: 7.3% † 3,321 (±0.9% / ±395)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
404 Total veterans ±152 397 Male ±150 7 Female ±11

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