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Fort Payne CCD, DeKalb County, AL

20,466 Population
161.3 square miles 126.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 39.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$26,188 ±$2,414 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $24,915 ±$911
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
$46,106 ±$3,378 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $47,920 ±$2,836
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377

21.3% ±4.5% (4,240  ±907) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 20.2% † 14,251 (±2.1% / ±1,482)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)

21.1 minutes ±1.5 (170,590  ±17,937) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 25.3 735,580 (±1.1 / ±40,361)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

7,687 ±462 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 25,690 ±433
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
2.6 ±0.2 (20,040  ±877) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.8 70,637 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191

6.9% ±3.3% (308  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 6.3% † 999 (±1.5% / ±238)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)

Housing

8,813 ±462 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 30,716 ±44
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480

$141,600 ±$19,428 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $129,000 ±$11,274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216

9% ±2.8% (1,807  ±,564.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 10.2% † 7,178 (±1.6% / ±1,146.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)

Social

77.4% ±4.7% (10,434  ±,875.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 77.7% 37,608 (±3% / ±1,470.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
17.5% ±2.4% (2,351  ±,351.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 14.2% 6,846 (±1.4% / ±,675.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)

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

8.2% ±2.3% (1,685  ±468) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 7.4% 5,277
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207

4.9% ±1.4% (753  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 5.9% † 3,209 (±0.9% / ±476)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
753 Total veterans ±212 698 Male ±217 55 Female ±43

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