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Brookside, AL

1,217 Population
6.4 square miles 190.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±9.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$18,483 ±$2,577 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $31,978 ±$335
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $27,928 ±$178
$38,482 ±$11,884 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $57,447 ±$704
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $50,536 ±$304

18.5% ±7% (225  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 14.1% 149,424 (±0.4% / ±4,452)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 16.7% 795,989 (±0.2% / ±10,922)

27 minutes ±3.6 (11,755  ±3,595) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 26.5 12,531,490 (±0.1 / ±107,861)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 24.9 49,913,640 (±0.1 / ±326,515)

Families

475 ±84 Number of households
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 417,562 ±2,299
  • Alabama: 1,867,893 ±5,799
2.6 ±0.4 (1,217  ±282) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,061,618 (±0 / ±810)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.6 4,758,473 (±0)

5.9% ±9.5% (12  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 5.3% 13,752 (±0.4% / ±940)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.3% 60,339 (±0.2% / ±2,149)

Housing

584 ±95 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 484,865 ±379
  • Alabama: 2,255,026 ±329

$90,000 ±$7,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $165,200 ±$1,218
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $142,700 ±$773

9.1% ±5% (109  ±65) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 14.2% 152,205 (±0.4% / ±4,705.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 13.7% 661,717 (±0.2% / ±9,344.8)

Social

79.4% ±21.2% (658  ±119.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 89% 661,146 (±0.7% / ±5,452.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 86.2% 2,861,955 (±0.4% / ±11,634.4)
6.5% ±4.1% (54  ±35.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 31.4% 233,146 (±0.4% / ±3,175.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 25.5% 845,772 (±0.2% / ±6,631.1)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 4.2% 45,330 (±0.1% / ±1,537)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.6% 172,947 (±0.1% / ±3,133)

6.3% ±2.2% (56  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 7.6% 63,126 (±0.2% / ±1,499)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 8.8% 330,207 (±0.1% / ±3,463)
56 Total veterans ±23 56 Male ±23 N/A Female ±12

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