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Opelika, AL

31,944 Population
61.2 square miles 522.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 33.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$33,595 ±$2,728 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $33,549 ±$1,111
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$58,763 ±$7,383 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $58,991 ±$2,099
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

15% ±3% (4,718  ±947) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 19.2% 35,730 (±1.2% / ±2,228)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

21.1 minutes ±1.3 (291,905  ±27,761) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 22.5 1,837,885 (±0.7 / ±69,458)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

13,121 ±598 Number of households
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 75,095 ±828
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0.1 (31,362  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 2.5 186,745 (±0 / ±216)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

6% ±2.7% (420  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 3.9% † 2,029 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

14,389 ±565 Number of housing units
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 87,173 ±129
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$213,700 ±$13,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $224,600 ±$7,425
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

12.2% ±2.4% (3,842  ±756.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 14.8% 28,727 (±1.1% / ±2,126.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

88.2% ±4.8% (20,173  ±1,245.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 90.7% 110,273 (±2.3% / ±2,759.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
33.5% ±3.3% (7,654  ±794.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 39.4% 47,833 (±1.5% / ±1,789.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

4.9% ±1.6% (1,569  ±509) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 6% 11,750
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

8.2% ±1.6% (2,032  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 7.3% 11,344 (±0.6% / ±850)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
2,032 Total veterans ±402 1,832 Male ±389 200 Female ±135

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