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Sheffield, AL

9,330 Population
7 square miles 1,334.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$26,627 ±$2,530 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $31,940 ±$956
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
$39,666 ±$5,647 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $56,113 ±$2,328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377

23.9% ±5.9% (2,226  ±548) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14.3% 21,186 (±1.1% / ±1,676)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)

20.9 minutes ±2.7 (80,120  ±13,498) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 24.6 1,592,450 (±0.6 / ±54,997)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

4,309 ±287 Number of households
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 61,503 ±936
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
2.2 ±0.1 (9,275  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.4 148,566 (±0 / ±72)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191

3.8% ±3.5% (74  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,650 (±0.9% / ±296)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)

Housing

5,153 ±278 Number of housing units
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 72,414 ±92
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480

$120,700 ±$19,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $164,400 ±$4,349
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216

10% ±3.5% (921  ±,318.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14% 21,008 (±1.3% / ±1,953.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)

Social

84.1% ±6.4% (5,555  ±,523.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 87.9% 92,599 (±2.2% / ±2,339)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
17.1% ±2.8% (1,126  ±,194.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 22.8% 24,042 (±1.1% / ±1,157.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)

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

0.3% ±0.4% (30  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.1% 3,204
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207

7% ±1.8% (527  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 7.3% 8,805 (±0.6% / ±746)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
527 Total veterans ±139 512 Male ±141 15 Female ±15

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