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Birmingham, AL

196,353 Population
147 square miles 1,335.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$29,492 ±$2,390 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $38,709 ±$1,100
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $33,777 ±$383
$39,326 ±$3,891 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $67,242 ±$1,701
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $59,674 ±$727

26.6% ±3.2% (49,517  ±5,920) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 13.9% 151,453 (±0.9% / ±9,915)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 16.2% 800,395 (±0.5% / ±23,225)

21.6 minutes ±0.4 (1,736,375  ±59,925) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 27 12,532,795 (±0.3 / ±188,484)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

88,889 ±3,067 Number of households
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 443,821 ±3,558
  • Alabama: 2,016,448 ±11,475
2.1 ±0.1 (184,444  ±1,079) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,088,028 (±0 / ±435)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,932,977

2.5% ±0.8% (1,350  ±449) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 12,940 (±0.7% / ±1,864)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 5.2% 61,506 (±0.4% / ±4,652)

Housing

109,533 ±3,553 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 497,126 ±929
  • Alabama: 2,339,582 ±307

$125,500 ±$14,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $247,500 ±$7,321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $200,900 ±$2,774

17.9% ±2.8% (34,914  ±5,466.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 12.6% 139,204 (±0.9% / ±10,208.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 12.4% 624,896 (±0.4% / ±22,027.6)

Social

88.2% ±4.1% (118,399  ±6,299.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 90.4% 691,020 (±1.7% / ±13,381.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.8% 3,085,627 (±0.8% / ±28,475.7)
30.5% ±2.8% (40,856  ±3,925.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 36% 274,965 (±1.1% / ±8,063.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.8% 1,000,791 (±0.5% / ±15,844.9)

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

3.9% ±1.1% (7,567  ±2,072) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 4.4% 49,430
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 191,234

5.3% ±1.2% (8,440  ±1,821) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 6% 51,590 (±0.5% / ±3,865)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,619 (±0.2% / ±7,848)
8,440 Total veterans ±1,821 8,152 Male ±1,835 288 Female ±204

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