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Fort Payne, AL

14,927 Population
56.4 square miles 264.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$26,126 ±$2,831 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $26,490 ±$949
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$47,479 ±$7,304 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $51,204 ±$2,508
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

32.5% ±5.9% (4,706  ±855) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 22.4% 15,894 (±1.9% / ±1,357)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

17.3 minutes ±1.6 (98,790  ±12,767) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 24.8 703,765 (±1 / ±36,211)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

5,522 ±380 Number of households
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 26,181 ±470
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.6 ±0.2 (14,555  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 2.7 71,375 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

3.1% ±2.4% (114  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 4.5% † 710 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

6,369 ±385 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 30,963 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$157,000 ±$17,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $152,700 ±$5,889
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

7.5% ±3% (1,105  ±443.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 8.7% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±1,202.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

79.2% ±6% (7,492  ±671.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 79.2% 38,619 (±2.8% / ±1,362.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
17.3% ±2.9% (1,634  ±280.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 14.1% 6,863 (±1.3% / ±616.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

9.3% ±2.6% (1,394  ±392) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 7.8% 5,657
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

5.7% ±1.9% (628  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 5.7% † 3,103 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
628 Total veterans ±206 606 Male ±198 22 Female ±25

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