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Talladega, AL

14,760 Population
26.1 square miles 566.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 42.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,890 ±$2,514 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $30,468 ±$1,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,198 ±$3,509 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $57,722 ±$2,273
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±5.3% (3,083  ±644) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 17.3% 15,096 (±1.4% / ±1,250)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±2.6 (113,680  ±16,485) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 28.4 956,545 (±1.2 / ±51,362)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,360 ±292 Number of households
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 38,062 ±593
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (12,110  ±118) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 2.3 87,587 (±0 / ±115)
  • 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

6.2% ±3.9% (211  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 6% † 1,205 (±1.6% / ±330)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,455 ±325 Number of housing units
  • the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 44,605 ±74
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,900 ±$12,767 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: $144,400 ±$11,103
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.4% ±3.8% (2,978  ±555.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 10.8% † 9,736 (±1.3% / ±1,162.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.7% ±6% (7,888  ±671.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 85.7% 56,537 (±2.7% / ±1,794.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.6% ±2.8% (1,382  ±291.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 16.2% 10,697 (±1.3% / ±855.6)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-fifths 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% ±1.6% (439  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 1.8% 1,666
  • 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

4.7% ±1% (578  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area: 7.1% 5,137 (±0.7% / ±476)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
578 Total veterans ±127 558 Male ±127 20 Female ±28

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