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Sylacauga, AL

12,465 Population
20.3 square miles 615.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 42.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$25,806 ±$2,310 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $29,236 ±$1,819
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
$46,137 ±$7,630 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $52,457 ±$2,838
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377

22.5% ±5.5% (2,747  ±664) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 18.7% 14,436 (±1.8% / ±1,366)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)

20.7 minutes ±2.7 (99,890  ±15,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 26.8 813,135 (±1.3 / ±47,582)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

5,291 ±287 Number of households
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 32,359 ±575
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
2.3 ±0.1 (12,184  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 2.4 77,385 (±0 / ±114)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191

8.7% ±4.2% (260  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 6.9% † 1,250 (±1.7% / ±303)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)

Housing

5,905 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 38,088 ±77
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480

$159,000 ±$11,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $131,900 ±$7,617
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216

15.2% ±4.4% (1,880  ±,546.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 12.1% † 9,693 (±1.5% / ±1,168.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)

Social

86.6% ±5.4% (7,605  ±,612.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 83.2% 47,769 (±2.8% / ±1,599.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
16.5% ±2.8% (1,451  ±,259.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 16.6% 9,531 (±1.4% / ±,780.8)
  • 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

1.7% ±1.1% (206  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 1.9% 1,515
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207

6% ±2.2% (567  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 7.3% † 4,708 (±0.8% / ±503)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
567 Total veterans ±205 535 Male ±204 32 Female ±28

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