Census Reporter

Huntsville, AL

201,594 Population
214.4 square miles 940.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.4 ±0.3

Economics

$34,274 ±$1,970 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $35,357 ±$1,183
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $28,650 ±$323
$54,342 ±$4,497 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $67,157 ±$3,547
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $51,734 ±$600

17.5% ±2.8% (33,799  ±5,390) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 12.3% † 56,307 (±1.5% / ±6,792)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.5% 739,108 (±0.5% / ±24,870)

19.2 minutes ±0.4 (1,729,615  ±44,458) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 22.5 4,674,305 (±0.2 / ±71,320)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 24.9 49,913,640 (±0.1 / ±326,515)

Families

88,930 ±2,823 Number of households
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 187,898 ±3,068
  • Alabama: 1,897,576 ±10,370
2.2 ±0.1 (192,678  ±2,669) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 2.4 458,939 (±0 / ±2,018)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,786,560 (±0)

4.7% ±1.5% (2,303  ±724) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,724 (±1.3% / ±1,401)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,542 (±0.3% / ±3,947)

Housing

95,947 ±2,739 Number of housing units
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 203,043 ±829
  • Alabama: 2,284,922 ±264

$185,200 ±$8,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $192,700 ±$5,856
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $154,000 ±$2,032

23% ±2.8% (45,885  ±5,557.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 16.4% 76,573 (±1.6% / ±7,593.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 13.4% 651,811 (±0.5% / ±21,998.2)

Social

91.4% ±4% (125,414  ±6,276) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 91.7% 298,695 (±2.8% / ±9,312.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 87.1% 2,926,985 (±0.8% / ±28,118.3)
44.7% ±3.1% (61,345  ±4,557) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 40.2% 130,766 (±1.9% / ±6,072.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 26.4% 885,357 (±0.5% / ±16,169.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

6.6% ±1.4% (13,274  ±2,777) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 5% † 23,430 (±0.6% / ±2,834)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 3.6% 174,952 (±0.2% / ±7,356)

10.8% ±1.1% (17,384  ±1,872) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 11.2% 41,216 (±0.9% / ±3,113)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 8.4% 318,254 (±0.2% / ±8,711)
17,384 Total veterans ±1,872 15,423 Male ±1,659 1,961 Female ±768

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