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Forestdale, AL

9,149 Population
6.7 square miles 1,356 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$31,196 ±$3,941 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $39,288 ±$508
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$57,145 ±$9,282 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $69,627 ±$970
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

18.5% ±7.3% (1,680  ±690) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 14.1% 162,162 (±0.4% / ±4,990)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

26.9 minutes ±2.8 (111,065  ±18,379) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27.2 13,168,450 (±0.3 / ±188,813)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

3,835 ±371 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 460,747 ±2,070
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0.2 (9,149  ±1,076) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,151,857 (±0 / ±444)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.4% ±2.4% (77  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.6% 12,975 (±0.4% / ±969)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

4,378 ±339 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 522,829 ±236
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$150,700 ±$12,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $226,200 ±$2,570
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

9.8% ±5.8% (896  ±536.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 12.5% 145,685 (±0.4% / ±4,770.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

94.6% ±12.7% (6,154  ±575.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90% 727,141 (±0.8% / ±6,559.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
27.5% ±4% (1,787  ±312.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.2% 268,465 (±0.5% / ±3,923.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

1.2% ±0.8% (113  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.3% 50,280
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

8.8% ±2.1% (635  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 6.3% 57,478 (±0.2% / ±2,010)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
635 Total veterans ±163 610 Male ±160 25 Female ±24

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