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Bessemer, AL

25,655 Population
40.5 square miles 633 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$24,074 ±$2,304 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $39,288 ±$508
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$37,844 ±$3,626 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $69,627 ±$970
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

30.7% ±4.6% (7,735  ±1,164) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 14.1% 162,162 (±0.4% / ±4,990)
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

25.6 minutes ±0.6 (209,635  ±25,470) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27.2 13,168,450 (±0.3 / ±188,813)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

10,598 ±568 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 460,747 ±2,070
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0.1 (24,971  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,151,857 (±0 / ±444)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

5.6% ±2.9% (261  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.6% 12,975 (±0.4% / ±969)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

12,612 ±520 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 522,829 ±236
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$129,800 ±$16,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $226,200 ±$2,570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

13.3% ±3.3% (3,377  ±846.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 12.5% 145,685 (±0.4% / ±4,770.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

86.9% ±4.7% (15,632  ±1,103.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90% 727,141 (±0.8% / ±6,559.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
14.4% ±2.3% (2,596  ±436.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.2% 268,465 (±0.5% / ±3,923.1)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

3.5% ±2% (903  ±512) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.3% 50,280
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

7.8% ±2.2% (1,575  ±443) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 6.3% 57,478 (±0.2% / ±2,010)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
1,575 Total veterans ±443 1,415 Male ±448 160 Female ±86

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