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Alexander City, AL

14,686 Population
46 square miles 318.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 45.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$27,272 ±$2,286 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: $31,718 ±$1,451
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$42,367 ±$7,699 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: $57,185 ±$2,897
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

21.8% ±3.9% (3,102  ±554) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 15.2% † 6,128 (±2.2% / ±874)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

19.6 minutes ±2.6 (104,550  ±17,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 26.1 405,145 (±1.5 / ±30,947)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

6,089 ±326 Number of households
  • the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 16,548 ±421
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.3 ±0.1 (14,236  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 2.4 40,267 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

7.4% ±4.7% (217  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 6.7% † 573 (±2.4% / ±203)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

7,329 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 22,967 ±41
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$135,900 ±$21,752 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: $144,800 ±$14,173
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

12.7% ±3.3% (1,837  ±479.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 10.8% † 4,364 (±1.9% / ±772)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

80.4% ±6.4% (8,382  ±738) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 83.8% 24,939 (±3.9% / ±1,149.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
17.4% ±3% (1,817  ±322.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 18.7% 5,572 (±1.8% / ±535)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

3.3% ±1.1% (482  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 1.7% 716
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

7.9% ±1.6% (901  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 7.8% † 2,552 (±1% / ±320)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
901 Total veterans ±189 848 Male ±183 53 Female ±58

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