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Calera, AL

13,856 Population
24.2 square miles 573.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$26,378 ±$1,654 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $31,978 ±$335
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $27,928 ±$178
$61,594 ±$3,334 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $57,447 ±$704
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $50,536 ±$304

5.4% ±2.1% (741  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 14.1% 149,424 (±0.4% / ±4,452)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 16.7% 795,989 (±0.2% / ±10,922)

33.5 minutes ±2.1 (222,360  ±18,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 26.5 12,531,490 (±0.1 / ±107,861)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 24.9 49,913,640 (±0.1 / ±326,515)

Families

5,100 ±279 Number of households
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 417,562 ±2,299
  • Alabama: 1,867,893 ±5,799
2.7 ±0.2 (13,825  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,061,618 (±0 / ±810)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.6 4,758,473 (±0)

5.4% ±2.6% (232  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 5.3% 13,752 (±0.4% / ±940)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.3% 60,339 (±0.2% / ±2,149)

Housing

5,481 ±305 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 484,865 ±379
  • Alabama: 2,255,026 ±329

$148,000 ±$5,236 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $165,200 ±$1,218
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $142,700 ±$773

9.3% ±3.2% (1,272  ±436.1) 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

92.4% ±6.9% (8,051  ±687.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 89% 661,146 (±0.7% / ±5,452.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 86.2% 2,861,955 (±0.4% / ±11,634.4)
30.7% ±4.1% (2,672  ±377.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 31.4% 233,146 (±0.4% / ±3,175.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 25.5% 845,772 (±0.2% / ±6,631.1)

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

4.7% ±2% (647  ±277) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 4.2% 45,330 (±0.1% / ±1,537)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 3.6% 172,947 (±0.1% / ±3,133)

8% ±2.2% (779  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 7.6% 63,126 (±0.2% / ±1,499)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 8.8% 330,207 (±0.1% / ±3,463)
779 Total veterans ±218 731 Male ±214 48 Female ±37

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