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Huntsville, AL

227,571 Population
223.6 square miles 1,017.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$44,505 ±$2,383 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $44,524 ±$1,256
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
$73,319 ±$5,099 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $84,929 ±$2,662
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711

13.7% ±2.8% (29,732  ±6,133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 9.8% † 50,135 (±1.5% / ±7,568)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)

19.3 minutes ±0.3 (1,805,150  ±55,882) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 22.9 4,883,750 (±0.3 / ±100,434)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

99,557 ±3,025 Number of households
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 212,486 ±2,379
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
2.2 ±0.1 (216,490  ±2,614) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 2.4 512,602 (±0 / ±1,089)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454

4.3% ±2.1% (2,505  ±1,240) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 6,146 (±1.4% / ±1,776)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)

Housing

108,898 ±2,934 Number of housing units
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 227,445 ±455
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220

$309,900 ±$15,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $311,400 ±$8,814
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406

15.4% ±2.3% (34,738  ±5,197.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 13.5% † 70,466 (±1.6% / ±8,456.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)

Social

92% ±3.6% (144,684  ±6,366) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 92.8% 338,065 (±2.6% / ±9,599)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
47.7% ±2.6% (75,031  ±4,343.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 44.6% 162,542 (±1.7% / ±6,072.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)

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

5.9% ±1.2% (13,430  ±2,815) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 4.8% 25,393
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143

10.3% ±1.4% (19,096  ±2,616) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.4% 42,655 (±0.9% / ±3,697)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
19,096 Total veterans ±2,616 16,251 Male ±1,975 2,845 Female ±1,339

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