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Census Tract 42, Jefferson, AL

1,633 Population
1.2 square miles 1,384.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±10 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Birmingham: 35.6 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$26,758 ±$7,129 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Birmingham: $32,216 ±$1,201
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $41,013 ±$629
$38,666 ±$3,674 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Birmingham: $46,051 ±$1,718
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson County: $66,388 ±$1,491

26.7% ±9.2% (390  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Birmingham: 24.7% 46,738 (±1.5% / ±2,911)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 15.7% 102,090 (±0.7% / ±4,540)

14.2 minutes ±0.8 (9,945  ±4,019) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Birmingham: 20.8 1,691,830 (±0.2 / ±60,509)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Jefferson County: 24.1 6,556,150 (±0.4 / ±134,011)

Families

844 ±248 Number of households
  • Birmingham: 88,788 ±1,539
  • Jefferson County: 269,883 ±1,816
1.7 ±0.7 (1,460  ±356) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Birmingham: 2.1 188,056 (±0 / ±746)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 646,971 (±0 / ±500)

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

Housing

1,194 ±276 Number of housing units
  • Birmingham: 109,349 ±1,375
  • Jefferson County: 310,789 ±255

$127,300 ±$52,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Birmingham: $158,800 ±$8,824
  • about half the amount in Jefferson County: $240,000 ±$4,979

13.3% ±7% (217  ±123.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Birmingham: 17.4% 34,250 (±1.3% / ±2,490.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 12.9% 85,039 (±0.6% / ±4,235)

Social

87.8% ±12.7% (1,183  ±309.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Birmingham: 89% 121,723 (±1.9% / ±3,069.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 91.2% 413,070 (±1.2% / ±5,376.9)
14.2% ±5.8% (191  ±88.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Birmingham: 31.1% 42,477 (±1.2% / ±1,804)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 36.2% 164,101 (±0.7% / ±3,370.1)

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

4.5% ±5.2% (73  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Birmingham: 4.7% † 9,221 (±0.6% / ±1,155)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.9% 32,470

15.8% ±15.9% (227  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Birmingham: 5.2% † 8,362 (±0.5% / ±846)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 5.7% 29,334 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
227 Total veterans ±234 227 Male ±234 N/A Female ±13

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