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Anniston, AL

21,271 Population
45.9 square miles 463.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent 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

$30,565 ±$2,849 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $30,275 ±$1,040
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,668 ±$4,690 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $55,029 ±$2,763
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±3.6% (4,159  ±722) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 17.9% 19,954 (±1.5% / ±1,685)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±3.3 (181,690  ±28,844) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 25.2 1,160,235 (±1 / ±55,109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,881 ±481 Number of households
  • the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 45,015 ±664
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (20,114  ±74) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 2.5 111,787 (±0 / ±131)
  • 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

4.3% ±2.3% (209  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,223 (±1% / ±275)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,420 ±426 Number of housing units
  • the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 53,361 ±67
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,800 ±$15,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: $156,600 ±$5,832
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.3% ±2.3% (2,379  ±492.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 11.5% 13,262 (±1.1% / ±1,300.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.7% ±5% (12,692  ±889.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 86.4% 67,821 (±2.6% / ±2,047.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.5% ±2.5% (3,104  ±400) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 20.7% 16,207 (±1.1% / ±898.1)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.8% ±1.1% (584  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 2.9% 3,377
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±1.8% (1,714  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area: 7.6% 6,913 (±0.7% / ±633)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,714 Total veterans ±303 1,540 Male ±308 174 Female ±113

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