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Gardendale CCD, Jefferson County, AL

23,126 Population
77.1 square miles 299.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 37.7 ±0.2
  • 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

$41,712 ±$3,819 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $41,013 ±$629
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,999 ±$3,118 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $66,388 ±$1,491
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.1% ±1.6% (1,134  ±368) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 15.7% 102,090 (±0.7% / ±4,540)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±2.4 (263,080  ±32,471) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 24.1 6,556,150 (±0.4 / ±134,011)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,231 ±588 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 269,883 ±1,816
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (22,970  ±840) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 646,971 (±0 / ±500)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±2.2% (242  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.8% † 7,957 (±0.5% / ±818)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,964 ±572 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 310,789 ±255
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$240,800 ±$9,923 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $240,000 ±$4,979
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±3.3% (2,726  ±766.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 12.9% 85,039 (±0.6% / ±4,235)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±3.6% (14,458  ±964.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 91.2% 413,070 (±1.2% / ±5,376.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.5% ±3.1% (4,664  ±555.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 36.2% 164,101 (±0.7% / ±3,370.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.2% ±1% (504  ±234) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 4.9% 32,470
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±1.3% (1,342  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson County: 5.7% 29,334 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,342 Total veterans ±243 1,168 Male ±219 174 Female ±89

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