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Gadsden CCD, Etowah County, AL

70,548 Population
186 square miles 379.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Etowah County: 41.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$29,614 ±$2,073 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Etowah County: $29,553 ±$1,515
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$50,468 ±$2,338 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Etowah County: $53,070 ±$1,864
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

18.6% ±1.5% (12,855  ±1,032) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Etowah County: 17.1% 17,401 (±1.3% / ±1,354)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

22.6 minutes ±1.4 (614,265  ±48,515) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Etowah County: 24.9 1,018,805 (±1.2 / ±57,932)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

27,149 ±578 Number of households
  • Etowah County: 39,160 ±581
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.6 ±0.1 (69,134  ±867) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Etowah County: 2.6 101,711 (±0 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.5% ±1.4% (697  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Etowah County: 4.9% † 1,108 (±1.1% / ±255)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

32,813 ±509 Number of housing units
  • Etowah County: 47,487 ±69
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$154,200 ±$6,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Etowah County: $160,600 ±$4,895
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

11.6% ±1.3% (8,061  ±887) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Etowah County: 9.8% 9,993 (±1% / ±976.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

85.9% ±2.9% (42,378  ±1,613) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Etowah County: 85.8% 62,249 (±2.7% / ±1,945.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
18% ±1.4% (8,860  ±698.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Etowah County: 17.5% 12,683 (±1.2% / ±861)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.5% ±0.6% (2,467  ±416) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Etowah County: 2.6% 2,704
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

6.6% ±0.8% (3,597  ±440) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Etowah County: 6.6% † 5,323 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
3,597 Total veterans ±440 3,357 Male ±415 240 Female ±116

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