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Tuscaloosa, AL

114,274 Population
62.5 square miles 1,827.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,881 ±$2,997 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $33,433 ±$1,628
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,212 ±$3,600 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $62,280 † ±$6,318
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.9% ±3.5% (21,710  ±3,437) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 16.5% † 43,433 (±2.3% / ±6,161)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±1.2 (884,160  ±64,942) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 24.2 2,810,375 (±0.6 / ±85,147)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

45,626 ±2,334 Number of households
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 110,601 ±2,402
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (99,141  ±1,292) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 2.4 262,803 (±0.1 / ±3,230)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2% ±1.2% (763  ±460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 3.5% † 2,681 (±1.4% / ±1,057)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,324 ±1,917 Number of housing units
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 127,077 ±1,591
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$278,500 ±$40,488 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $239,500 ±$11,301
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

31.3% ±5.4% (35,641  ±6,144) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 16.9% † 47,177 (±2.4% / ±6,707.7)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% ±6.5% (54,268  ±4,513.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 90.9% 159,073 (±3.8% / ±6,876.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.6% ±4.4% (23,741  ±2,838.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 30.8% 53,909 (±2.4% / ±4,189.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.4% ±2.1% (8,418  ±2,401) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 5.2% † 14,518 (±1% / ±2,901)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±1% (4,078  ±1,017) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 6% † 13,430 (±0.9% / ±2,004)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,078 Total veterans ±1,017 3,866 Male ±986 212 Female ±226

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