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Gadsden, AL

33,617 Population
37.4 square miles 897.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$23,553 ±$1,737 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $29,553 ±$1,515
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$38,699 ±$3,158 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $53,070 ±$1,864
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

27.6% ±2.7% (9,015  ±870) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 17.1% 17,401 (±1.3% / ±1,354)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

19.4 minutes ±1.5 (238,325  ±22,632) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 24.9 1,018,805 (±1.2 / ±57,932)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

12,942 ±511 Number of households
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 39,160 ±581
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.5 ±0.1 (32,556  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6 101,711 (±0 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.6% ±2% (355  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,108 (±1.1% / ±255)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

16,378 ±441 Number of housing units
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 47,487 ±69
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$101,900 ±$10,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $160,600 ±$4,895
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

14.7% ±2.3% (4,890  ±772) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 9.8% 9,993 (±1% / ±976.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

82.4% ±3.9% (18,728  ±1,007.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 85.8% 62,249 (±2.7% / ±1,945.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
14.8% ±1.9% (3,366  ±439) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 17.5% 12,683 (±1.2% / ±861)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

4.1% ±0.9% (1,376  ±312) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6% 2,704
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

6.3% ±1.1% (1,614  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 6.6% † 5,323 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
1,614 Total veterans ±275 1,513 Male ±261 101 Female ±56

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