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Alabaster-Helena CCD, Shelby County, AL

138,498 Population
205.6 square miles 673.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 40.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,052 ±$1,535 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Shelby County: $49,440 ±$1,229
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,240 ±$3,478 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $97,961 ±$3,160
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±1% (8,732  ±1,352) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 7.2% 16,240 (±0.7% / ±1,540)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.8 minutes ±0.6 (1,716,605  ±60,695) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 29.5 2,872,840 (±0.5 / ±78,484)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

52,508 ±890 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 86,866 ±570
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (137,813  ±1,950) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.6 226,364 (±0 / ±77)
  • 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

4.4% ±0.8% (1,464  ±271) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 4.2% † 2,266 (±0.6% / ±338)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

54,881 ±842 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 91,995 ±100
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$325,500 ±$7,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $326,100 ±$5,771
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±1.2% (13,708  ±1,649) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 10.7% 24,477 (±0.8% / ±1,922.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±1.9% (91,741  ±2,261.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 94.5% 149,914 (±1.8% / ±2,840)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
52.3% ±1.5% (49,806  ±1,560) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 46.8% 74,279 (±1.2% / ±1,876.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 1.5 times 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

6.2% ±0.6% (8,549  ±809) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 5.5% 12,713
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±0.5% (6,783  ±566) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 6.3% 11,229 (±0.4% / ±757)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6,783 Total veterans ±566 6,121 Male ±554 662 Female ±179

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