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Huntsville, AL

230,157 Population
225.2 square miles 1,021.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,988 ±$2,273 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $46,868 ±$1,947
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,235 ±$5,774 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $87,049 ±$2,290
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.7% ±1.7% (23,375  ±3,798) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 9.9% † 52,035 (±1.2% / ±6,136)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.7 minutes ±0.4 (1,864,635  ±60,753) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 23 4,974,145 (±0.4 / ±106,163)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

96,802 ±2,805 Number of households
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 215,125 ±2,810
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (218,617  ±2,108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 2.5 526,989 (±0 / ±605)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±1.8% (2,592  ±1,053) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 5.2% † 6,722 (±1.4% / ±1,764)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

106,466 ±2,793 Number of housing units
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 233,087 ±255
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$339,400 ±$12,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $331,800 ±$7,424
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.8% ±2.6% (38,086  ±6,017.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 13.8% † 74,163 (±1.7% / ±9,170.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.9% ±3.8% (146,106  ±6,627.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 92.7% 346,152 (±2.7% / ±10,165)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
49.1% ±2.6% (76,360  ±4,286.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 43.8% 163,472 (±1.8% / ±6,625.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.9% ±1.4% (15,758  ±3,188) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 6% 32,323
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.3% ±1% (18,932  ±1,945) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.9% 46,370 (±0.9% / ±3,948)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
18,932 Total veterans ±1,945 16,207 Male ±1,838 2,725 Female ±1,003

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