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Silas, AL

559 Population
5.2 square miles 107.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±5.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Choctaw County: 47.4 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,344 ±$4,903 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Choctaw County: $28,953 ±$1,764
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,250 ±$23,858 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Choctaw County: $47,813 † ±$8,438
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±3.8% (57  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Choctaw County: 16.5% † 2,020 (±2.9% / ±355)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

42.5 minutes ±26.6 (6,760  ±2,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Choctaw County: 33.6 149,015 (±1.9 / ±12,453)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

172 ±62 Number of households
  • Choctaw County: 5,255 ±267
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.3 ±0.7 (559  ±235) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Choctaw County: 2.3 12,252 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16% ±15.5% (23  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Choctaw County: 8.1% † 193 (±4.3% / ±103)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

219 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Choctaw County: 7,200 ±20
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,600 ±$13,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Choctaw County: $123,400 † ±$19,120
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

90.7% ±43.3% (352  ±99.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Choctaw County: 86.2% 7,759 (±5.2% / ±476.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.5% ±8.7% (29  ±35.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Choctaw County: 15.8% † 1,419 (±2.6% / ±231.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

0.9% ±1.1% (4  ±5) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Choctaw County: 5.4% † 537 (±1.5% / ±144)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4 Total veterans ±5 4 Male ±5 N/A Female ±13

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