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Birmingham, AL

198,477 Population
147.1 square miles 1,349.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 39 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,023 ±$2,124 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $40,270 ±$972
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
$51,355 ±$2,944 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $74,954 ±$2,312
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780

22.3% ±3.2% (42,279  ±6,159) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 12.3% 143,410 (±0.9% / ±10,786)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)

20.8 minutes ±0.2 (1,691,830  ±60,509) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27 13,005,760 (±0.3 / ±199,599)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

91,130 ±3,356 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 476,816 ±3,905
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
2.1 ±0.1 (187,294  ±2,823) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.4 1,162,709 (±0 / ±590)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179

3.8% ±1.6% (1,983  ±865) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.7% † 16,111 (±0.9% / ±2,630)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)

Housing

110,757 ±3,747 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 533,756 ±819
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264

$189,800 ±$10,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $263,900 ±$7,253
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461

17.5% ±3% (34,473  ±5,957.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 11.1% 130,801 (±0.9% / ±10,259.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)

Social

89.9% ±3.7% (126,441  ±6,840.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 91.3% 746,275 (±1.7% / ±14,163.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
33% ±2.8% (46,356  ±4,268) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 35.9% 293,118 (±1.1% / ±8,697.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)

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

7.1% ±2.1% (14,063  ±4,101) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.1% 60,369
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850

3.7% ±0.8% (6,056  ±1,362) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.6% 51,411 (±0.4% / ±3,643)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
6,056 Total veterans ±1,362 5,402 Male ±1,223 654 Female ±413

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