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Rainsville, AL

5,702 Population
20.7 square miles 275.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,888 ±$3,214 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $26,490 ±$949
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,046 ±$19,367 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $51,204 ±$2,508
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±3.5% (397  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 22.4% 15,894 (±1.9% / ±1,357)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±3.2 (54,000  ±12,711) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 24.8 703,765 (±1 / ±36,211)
  • 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

2,529 ±196 Number of households
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 26,181 ±470
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,702  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 2.7 71,375 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±4.4% (32  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 4.5% † 710 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,762 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 30,963 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$230,400 ±$16,333 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $152,700 ±$5,889
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±3.1% (452  ±176.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 8.7% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±1,202.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.9% ±12.3% (3,572  ±568.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 79.2% 38,619 (±2.8% / ±1,362.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.6% ±9% (1,191  ±381.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 14.1% 6,863 (±1.3% / ±616.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.1% ±2.4% (174  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 7.8% 5,657
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±3% (235  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 5.7% † 3,103 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
235 Total veterans ±139 218 Male ±139 17 Female ±18

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