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Bessemer, AL

25,890 Population
40.5 square miles 638.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$22,622 ±$2,073 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $38,198 ±$523
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
$34,953 ±$3,488 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $68,329 ±$904
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377

32% ±4.9% (8,124  ±1,241) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 13.6% 147,756 (±0.5% / ±5,846)
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)

24.7 minutes ±1.2 (201,215  ±23,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27 12,532,795 (±0.3 / ±188,484)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

10,316 ±545 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 429,181 ±1,886
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
2.4 ±0.1 (25,068  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,087,568 (±0 / ±348)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191

4.3% ±2.2% (220  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.1% 13,556 (±0.4% / ±974)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)

Housing

12,462 ±536 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 489,442 ±166
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480

$118,600 ±$14,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $216,200 ±$2,630
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216

13.2% ±3% (3,376  ±,775.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 13.1% 144,645 (±0.5% / ±5,144.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)

Social

85.6% ±4.6% (15,375  ±1,046.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90.2% 687,948 (±0.9% / ±6,656)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
13.7% ±2.1% (2,453  ±397) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 257,244 (±0.5% / ±4,038.4)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)

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

2.9% ±1.7% (756  ±434) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 3.9% 43,790
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207

8.2% ±2% (1,678  ±410) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 6.7% 57,494 (±0.2% / ±2,028)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
1,678 Total veterans ±410 1,462 Male ±394 216 Female ±106

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