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Tuscaloosa, AL

100,606 Population
61.9 square miles 1,624.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 39.8 ±0.2

Economics

$29,062 ±$3,382 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $29,917 ±$1,676
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $30,608 ±$358
$41,770 ±$7,294 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $53,998 ±$3,444
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $53,913 ±$781

20.8% ±4.3% (18,928  ±3,976) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 15.2% † 38,423 (±2.1% / ±5,283)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 16.1% 794,326 (±0.6% / ±27,043)

18.7 minutes ±0.7 (776,960  ±41,160) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 24.7 2,756,815 (±0.5 / ±78,253)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.2 51,105,464 (±0.2 / ±387,199)

Families

39,266 ±2,801 Number of households
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 101,825 ±2,824
  • Alabama: 1,967,559 ±10,527
2.3 ±0.2 (90,967  ±3,286) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 2.5 253,870 (±0.1 / ±4,537)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,925,305 (±0)

4.6% ±2.6% (1,365  ±785) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 3.9% † 2,777 (±1.3% / ±943)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 4.8% 55,593 (±0.4% / ±4,446)

Housing

50,913 ±2,716 Number of housing units
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 123,273 ±1,750
  • Alabama: 2,313,616 ±360

$217,200 ±$27,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $195,400 ±$10,400
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $172,800 ±$2,083

16.8% ±3.8% (16,729  ±3,823.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 13.8% † 36,358 (±2.3% / ±6,161.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 12% 597,226 (±0.5% / ±25,699.1)

Social

91.6% ±6.1% (52,157  ±4,396.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 89.6% 154,029 (±4% / ±7,101)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 87.9% 3,034,741 (±0.8% / ±29,413.2)
38.5% ±4% (21,911  ±2,558.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 26.4% 45,334 (±2.1% / ±3,652.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 27.4% 946,766 (±0.5% / ±15,509.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5.1% ±1% (5,143  ±1,031) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 3.3% † 8,890 (±0.5% / ±1,424)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 176,514 (±0.1% / ±6,898)

5.2% ±1.5% (4,256  ±1,234) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 6.2% † 13,013 (±1.1% / ±2,250)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 315,142 (±0.3% / ±10,552)
4,256 Total veterans ±1,234 3,685 Male ±1,116 571 Female ±486

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