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Census Tract 5, Etowah, AL

1,831 Population
1.2 square miles 1,554.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±7.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Gadsden: 38.6 ±2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Etowah County: 41.7 ±0.3

Economics

$24,021 ±$4,000 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Gadsden: $22,914 ±$1,795
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Etowah County: $29,604 ±$1,436
$45,156 ±$14,905 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gadsden: $40,345 ±$2,977
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Etowah County: $54,563 ±$2,653

27.9% ±10.2% (511  ±220) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Gadsden: 28.1% † 9,138 (±3.1% / ±1,008)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Etowah County: 16.9% † 17,227 (±1.7% / ±1,735)

16.3 minutes ±3.9 (12,795  ±4,569) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gadsden: 20.7 † 245,445 (±2.2 / ±29,671)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Etowah County: 25.5 1,046,710 (±1 / ±50,694)

Families

719 ±99 Number of households
  • Gadsden: 12,746 ±598
  • Etowah County: 39,411 ±707
2.6 ±0.5 (1,831  ±414) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gadsden: 2.5 32,265 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about the same as the figure in Etowah County: 2.6 101,530 (±0.1 / ±36)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

860 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Gadsden: 16,513 ±513
  • Etowah County: 47,603 ±49

$77,200 ±$18,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gadsden: $116,800 ±$9,812
  • about half the amount in Etowah County: $167,100 ±$4,938

13.2% ±6.7% (241  ±133.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Gadsden: 13.5% † 4,461 (±2.2% / ±714.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Etowah County: 9.8% † 10,006 (±1.1% / ±1,066.9)

Social

77.9% ±26% (1,093  ±232) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Gadsden: 82.2% 18,239 (±3.8% / ±942.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Etowah County: 86.1% 62,378 (±2.6% / ±1,859.3)
4.2% ±3% (59  ±44.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gadsden: 15.5% † 3,433 (±2% / ±455.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Etowah County: 18.1% 13,109 (±1.2% / ±895)

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

3.1% ±2.5% (57  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gadsden: 4.2% † 1,386 (±0.9% / ±314)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Etowah County: 2.5% 2,523

6.6% ±4.7% (104  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gadsden: 5.7% † 1,452 (±1.1% / ±276)
  • a little higher than the rate in Etowah County: 6.3% † 5,102 (±0.7% / ±564)
104 Total veterans ±78 104 Male ±78 N/A Female ±13

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