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Fort Payne CCD, DeKalb County, AL

19,945 Population
161.3 square miles 123.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$26,469 ±$2,731 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $25,274 ±$884
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$48,616 ±$4,798 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $51,149 ±$2,343
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

22.3% ±5% (4,330  ±992) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 20.4% † 14,405 (±2.1% / ±1,451)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

20 minutes ±1.6 (156,010  ±16,950) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 24.5 710,320 (±0.9 / ±34,347)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

7,490 ±436 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 25,946 ±462
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.6 ±0.2 (19,533  ±706) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.7 70,990 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.6% ±2.6% (204  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 826 (±1.3% / ±201)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

8,655 ±428 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 30,853 ±62
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$152,500 ±$19,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $135,500 † ±$14,323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

8.5% ±2.9% (1,665  ±576.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 9.2% † 6,541 (±1.6% / ±1,137.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

78.9% ±5% (10,300  ±822.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 79% 38,260 (±2.8% / ±1,378.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
16.6% ±2.2% (2,170  ±306) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 13.9% 6,727 (±1.2% / ±602.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

9.3% ±2.4% (1,847  ±475) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 7.4% 5,313
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

5.5% ±1.4% (821  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 6.2% † 3,346 (±0.7% / ±353)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
821 Total veterans ±216 787 Male ±209 34 Female ±37

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