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Carbon Hill, AL

1,536 Population
5.5 square miles 278.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$16,923 ±$3,530 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $40,359 ±$479
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$24,605 ±$15,466 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $71,498 ±$989
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

39.4% ±11.6% (582  ±217) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 13.8% 159,064 (±0.5% / ±5,436)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

34.8 minutes ±8.3 (15,005  ±6,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27 13,005,760 (±0.3 / ±199,599)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

636 ±127 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 465,003 ±2,429
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.3 ±0.3 (1,478  ±337) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,154,519 (±0 / ±477)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

1.6% ±2.5% (5  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.8% 13,465 (±0.4% / ±986)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

903 ±153 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 526,287 ±252
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$61,100 ±$25,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $240,200 ±$2,820
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

9.9% ±6.5% (151  ±104.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 11.6% 135,949 (±0.5% / ±5,329.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

71.4% ±5% (788  ±185.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90.4% 732,874 (±0.8% / ±6,702.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
3.6% ±3.8% (40  ±42.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 273,474 (±0.5% / ±4,098.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

1.9% ±2.6% (29  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.5% 53,481
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

6.4% ±4% (80  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.9% 53,996 (±0.2% / ±1,869)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
80 Total veterans ±54 80 Male ±54 N/A Female ±13

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