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Chatom, AL

834 Population
10.7 square miles 77.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±12.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 44.6 ±1.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,232 ±$14,308 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $32,670 ±$2,787
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

32.6% ±25.4% (235  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Washington County: 17.1% † 2,571 (±3.5% / ±529)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±21.7 (5,970  ±3,431) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington County: 34.3 183,635 (±3 / ±22,007)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

327 ±108 Number of households
  • Washington County: 5,963 ±311
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (714  ±253) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 2.5 15,020 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±9.4% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Washington County: 6.3% † 189 (±3.4% / ±101)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

414 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 7,797 ±19
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$174,100 ±$52,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $159,700 ±$11,944
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±6.6% (101  ±62.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Washington County: 6.3% † 937 (±2.4% / ±351.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±5.2% (557  ±144.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 89.6% 9,561 (±6.3% / ±703.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.1% ±10.7% (185  ±82.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 17% † 1,810 (±3% / ±321.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

8% ±6.8% (53  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 5.8% † 706 (±1.6% / ±196)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
53 Total veterans ±47 49 Male ±46 4 Female ±14

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