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Opelika, AL

31,361 Population
61.2 square miles 512.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 33 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$31,462 ±$2,528 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $33,083 ±$987
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
$55,218 ±$7,808 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $59,288 ±$2,943
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377

17.4% ±4.1% (5,386  ±1,263) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 18.5% 31,003 (±1.3% / ±2,115)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)

20.8 minutes ±1.6 (278,315  ±28,883) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 22 1,649,590 (±0.6 / ±58,529)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

12,295 ±579 Number of households
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 65,166 ±693
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
2.5 ±0.1 (30,759  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 2.6 167,691 (±0 / ±98)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191

5.5% ±2.7% (393  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 3.6% † 1,692 (±0.7% / ±343)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)

Housing

13,644 ±486 Number of housing units
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 75,473 ±60
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480

$191,800 ±$13,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $224,400 ±$6,869
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216

11% ±2.6% (3,416  ±,793.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 16.1% 28,005 (±1.2% / ±2,039.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)

Social

89% ±5% (19,378  ±1,279.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 91.7% 98,209 (±2.7% / ±2,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
32.7% ±3.6% (7,127  ±,819.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 40.2% 43,008 (±1.7% / ±1,800.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)

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

4.5% ±1.6% (1,399  ±493) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 5.7% 10,002
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207

7.7% ±1.3% (1,870  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 7.5% 10,309 (±0.6% / ±764)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
1,870 Total veterans ±308 1,645 Male ±277 225 Female ±152

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