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Chelsea, AL

15,201 Population
32.3 square miles 470.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$43,448 ±$4,136 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $38,198 ±$523
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
$102,344 ±$9,469 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $68,329 ±$904
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377

3.4% ±1.7% (516  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 13.6% 147,756 (±0.5% / ±5,846)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)

35.3 minutes ±0.7 (224,655  ±19,350) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 27 12,532,795 (±0.3 / ±188,484)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

5,209 ±300 Number of households
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 429,181 ±1,886
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
2.9 ±0.2 (15,060  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,087,568 (±0 / ±348)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191

5.8% ±3.1% (192  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 5.1% 13,556 (±0.4% / ±974)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)

Housing

5,465 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 489,442 ±166
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480

$295,100 ±$14,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $216,200 ±$2,630
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216

10.6% ±3.3% (1,599  ±,493.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 13.1% 144,645 (±0.5% / ±5,144.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)

Social

96.9% ±6.4% (9,685  ±,758.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 90.2% 687,948 (±0.9% / ±6,656)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
45% ±4.2% (4,496  ±,463.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 257,244 (±0.5% / ±4,038.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)

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

3.4% ±1.4% (509  ±217) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 3.9% 43,790
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207

10.9% ±2.2% (1,185  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 6.7% 57,494 (±0.2% / ±2,028)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
1,185 Total veterans ±245 1,090 Male ±241 95 Female ±58

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