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Fort Payne CCD, DeKalb County, AL

19,613 Population
161.3 square miles 121.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,575 ±$2,605 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in DeKalb County: $26,490 ±$949
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,103 ±$6,296 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $51,204 ±$2,508
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.7% ±4.7% (5,498  ±924) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in DeKalb County: 22.4% 15,894 (±1.9% / ±1,357)
  • 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)

18.9 minutes ±1.8 (138,135  ±17,625) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in DeKalb County: 24.8 703,765 (±1 / ±36,211)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,316 ±459 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 26,181 ±470
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (19,241  ±661) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.7 71,375 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.5% (171  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 4.5% † 710 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,566 ±437 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 30,963 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,300 ±$12,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $152,700 ±$5,889
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±2.4% (1,331  ±464.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 8.7% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±1,202.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.1% ±4.4% (9,893  ±729.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 79.2% 38,619 (±2.8% / ±1,362.4)
  • 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)
17.3% ±2.2% (2,192  ±300.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 14.1% 6,863 (±1.3% / ±616.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about half 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

8.5% ±2.3% (1,674  ±449) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 7.8% 5,657
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.5% (819  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 5.7% † 3,103 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about three-quarters 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)
819 Total veterans ±218 792 Male ±211 27 Female ±25

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