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Tuscaloosa, AL

110,598 Population
61.9 square miles 1,786.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 34.2 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,890 ±$3,433 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $32,462 ±$1,826
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $33,777 ±$383
$49,005 ±$5,690 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $58,620 ±$2,866
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $59,674 ±$727

21.1% ±4.4% (20,161  ±4,230) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 17.3% † 44,781 (±2.2% / ±5,773)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 16.2% 800,395 (±0.5% / ±23,225)

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

41,602 ±2,064 Number of households
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 106,516 ±2,479
  • Alabama: 2,016,448 ±11,475
2.3 ±0.1 (95,469  ±1,071) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 2.4 259,183 (±0.1 / ±3,305)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 † 4,932,977 (±275.5 / ±-555,555,600)

4.2% ±2.1% (1,440  ±745) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 3,705 (±1.5% / ±1,110)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.2% 61,506 (±0.4% / ±4,652)

Housing

53,652 ±2,033 Number of housing units
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 125,576 ±1,417
  • Alabama: 2,339,582 ±307

$297,600 ±$30,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $237,300 ±$10,646
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $200,900 ±$2,774

29.5% ±4.9% (32,392  ±5,428.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 17.6% † 48,328 (±2.2% / ±6,124)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 12.4% 624,896 (±0.4% / ±22,027.6)

Social

93.2% ±5.6% (56,282  ±4,176.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 90.6% 156,153 (±3.7% / ±6,555.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.8% 3,085,627 (±0.8% / ±28,475.7)
42.4% ±4.3% (25,619  ±2,835.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 31.2% 53,798 (±2.3% / ±4,006.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 28.8% 1,000,791 (±0.5% / ±15,844.9)

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

4.7% ±1.6% (5,174  ±1,732) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 3.7% † 10,351 (±0.7% / ±1,995)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.8% † 191,234 (±412.6% / ±9,607)

4.6% ±1.1% (4,213  ±1,038) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 6.6% † 14,522 (±0.8% / ±1,804)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,619 (±0.2% / ±7,848)
4,213 Total veterans ±1,038 3,669 Male ±915 544 Female ±477

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