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Tuscaloosa, AL

111,339 Population
62.2 square miles 1,791.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.5
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,634 ±$2,949 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $31,879 ±$1,455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
$43,235 ±$8,778 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $58,193 ±$4,104
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711

31.8% ±5.1% (30,811  ±5,014) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 20.1% † 50,870 (±2.9% / ±7,290)
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)

18.2 minutes ±0.4 (800,490  ±35,251) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 24.3 2,797,480 (±0.4 / ±71,445)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

42,870 ±2,402 Number of households
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 108,078 ±2,330
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
2.3 ±0.1 (96,818  ±1,733) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 2.4 253,779 (±0.1 / ±3,434)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454

8.2% ±4.1% (2,909  ±1,460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 6.6% † 4,879 (±2.3% / ±1,677)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)

Housing

51,027 ±2,400 Number of housing units
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 124,822 ±1,400
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220

$252,200 ±$26,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $229,900 ±$10,756
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406

30.2% ±6% (32,933  ±6,529.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 16.2% † 43,358 (±2.6% / ±6,980.1)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)

Social

91.5% ±6.8% (50,053  ±4,496.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 90.4% 153,153 (±4.1% / ±7,157.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
38.8% ±4.4% (21,219  ±2,659.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 29.8% 50,537 (±2.3% / ±3,965.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)

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

5.4% ±1.6% (6,013  ±1,775) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 4.2% † 11,510 (±0.7% / ±1,831)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143

4.8% ±1.7% (4,373  ±1,498) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 6.1% † 13,275 (±1% / ±2,086)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
4,373 Total veterans ±1,498 3,573 Male ±1,427 800 Female ±608

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