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Calera, AL

14,327 Population
24.2 square miles 591.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,547 ±$1,879 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $33,226 ±$441
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $28,934 ±$214
$68,171 ±$5,585 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $59,185 ±$994
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $52,035 ±$377

6.3% ±2.4% (905  ±339) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 13.6% 144,371 (±0.4% / ±4,733)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 16% 762,642 (±0.2% / ±11,016)

32.9 minutes ±1.9 (230,845  ±20,158) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 26.8 12,450,440 (±0.3 / ±173,028)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 25.2 50,359,400 (±0.2 / ±365,196)

Families

5,257 ±258 Number of households
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 422,926 ±1,851
  • Alabama: 1,888,504 ±5,749
2.7 ±0.1 (14,297  ±91) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,064,601 (±0 / ±966)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,776,007 (±0)

5.4% ±2.3% (224  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 5.3% 13,681 (±0.4% / ±931)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,758 (±0.2% / ±2,122)

Housing

5,488 ±271 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 487,435 ±403
  • Alabama: 2,270,398 ±320

$154,100 ±$7,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $171,400 ±$1,497
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $149,600 ±$973

8.2% ±2.4% (1,163  ±334.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 13.8% 148,018 (±0.4% / ±4,553.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 13.2% 636,737 (±0.2% / ±9,893.7)

Social

94.4% ±7.3% (8,577  ±765.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 89.7% 669,172 (±0.9% / ±6,652.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 86.9% 2,905,059 (±0.4% / ±13,768.7)
33.3% ±4.9% (3,026  ±464.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 32.3% 241,081 (±0.5% / ±3,958)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 26.2% 877,044 (±0.2% / ±7,339.3)

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

4.1% ±2% (588  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 3.9% 42,423 (±0.2% / ±1,594)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.4% 168,053 (±0.1% / ±3,145)

7.2% ±2.2% (729  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 7.4% 61,890 (±0.2% / ±1,880)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 8.6% 324,857 (±0.1% / ±4,568)
729 Total veterans ±221 699 Male ±221 30 Female ±26

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