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Sylacauga, AL

12,388 Population
20.3 square miles 611.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 42.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$24,824 ±$1,991 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $29,690 ±$1,199
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$46,384 ±$7,560 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $56,331 ±$2,151
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

24.9% ±5% (3,011  ±611) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 17% 14,826 (±1.6% / ±1,409)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

22.8 minutes ±3 (103,155  ±16,693) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 27.9 936,240 (±1.7 / ±62,691)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

5,391 ±285 Number of households
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 37,090 ±543
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.3 ±0.1 (12,133  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 2.4 87,534 (±0 / ±126)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

7.7% ±3.2% (254  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,339 (±1.5% / ±296)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

5,891 ±319 Number of housing units
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 44,327 ±67
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$156,800 ±$17,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $134,500 ±$8,192
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

13% ±4.1% (1,605  ±501.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 10.7% † 9,704 (±1.3% / ±1,150.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

84% ±6.5% (7,339  ±656) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 84.3% 55,495 (±2.7% / ±1,810.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
16.4% ±3.3% (1,434  ±293.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 16.6% 10,920 (±1.3% / ±884.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

1.4% ±1.1% (176  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 1.5% 1,413
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

5.1% ±1.9% (475  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 7.1% † 5,158 (±0.8% / ±563)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
475 Total veterans ±172 452 Male ±169 23 Female ±29

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