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Alexander City, AL

14,606 Population
46 square miles 317.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 45.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,658 ±$2,714 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: $33,762 ±$1,918
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,022 ±$8,458 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: $59,356 ±$4,275
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.7% ±4.8% (3,626  ±673) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 16.3% † 6,551 (±2.1% / ±827)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±2.9 (106,915  ±19,108) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 25.2 404,090 (±1.6 / ±31,541)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,197 ±343 Number of households
  • the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 17,076 ±461
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (14,185  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 2.4 40,178 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±4.8% (302  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 8.8% † 744 (±2.6% / ±217)
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,298 ±365 Number of housing units
  • the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 23,161 ±37
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,000 ±$19,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: $158,500 ±$13,093
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±3.5% (1,909  ±501.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 10.3% † 4,182 (±1.9% / ±765.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±6.4% (8,706  ±726.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 87.1% 25,990 (±3.7% / ±1,108.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.2% ±3.1% (2,064  ±330.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 20.3% 6,068 (±1.8% / ±534.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.5% ±1.2% (517  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 2% 797
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±1.7% (899  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Alexander City, AL Micro Area: 8.2% † 2,659 (±1.1% / ±365)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
899 Total veterans ±188 813 Male ±181 86 Female ±69

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