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Census Tract 138.01, Jefferson, AL

1,529 Population
3.5 square miles 430.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bessemer: 43.3 † ±4.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$24,341 ±$6,056 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Bessemer: $25,797 ±$2,493
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson County: $41,013 ±$629
$38,942 ±$14,413 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Bessemer: $39,613 ±$3,108
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson County: $66,388 ±$1,491

30.2% ±18.7% (462  ±311) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bessemer: 28% † 6,980 (±5.1% / ±1,278)
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson County: 15.7% 102,090 (±0.7% / ±4,540)

27.2 minutes ±7.9 (14,795  ±6,606) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bessemer: 26.2 216,510 (±1.5 / ±27,517)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 24.1 6,556,150 (±0.4 / ±134,011)

Families

645 ±111 Number of households
  • Bessemer: 10,925 ±613
  • Jefferson County: 269,883 ±1,816
2.4 ±0.5 (1,529  ±400) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bessemer: 2.3 24,763 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 646,971 (±0 / ±500)

2.8% ±4.9% (5  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Bessemer: 5.4% † 259 (±2.4% / ±119)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.8% † 7,957 (±0.5% / ±818)

Housing

958 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Bessemer: 12,827 ±517
  • Jefferson County: 310,789 ±255

$80,100 ±$18,203 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Bessemer: $135,900 † ±$24,955
  • about one-third of the amount in Jefferson County: $240,000 ±$4,979

2.1% ±2.1% (32  ±32.9) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Bessemer: 14.1% † 3,541 (±3.6% / ±902.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jefferson County: 12.9% 85,039 (±0.6% / ±4,235)

Social

82.3% ±7% (899  ±175.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bessemer: 86.1% 15,654 (±4.7% / ±1,103.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 91.2% 413,070 (±1.2% / ±5,376.9)
11.7% ±6.8% (128  ±77.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bessemer: 15.6% † 2,835 (±2.4% / ±460)
  • about one-third 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

7.1% ±9.2% (108  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bessemer: 4% † 1,022 (±1.8% / ±466)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 4.9% 32,470

6.7% ±4.7% (80  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bessemer: 7.5% † 1,513 (±1.9% / ±386)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 5.7% 29,334 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
80 Total veterans ±59 80 Male ±59 N/A Female ±13

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