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Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area

205,355 Population
1,216.2 square miles 168.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,038 ±$2,219 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$68,336 ±$3,984 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.9% ±2.5% (36,864  ±4,943) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23 minutes ±0.9 (2,108,035  ±134,400) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

79,837 ±2,294 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (195,205  ±2,012) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±1.7% (2,033  ±913) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

93,412 ±895 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$288,600 ±$20,430 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±1.9% (23,412  ±3,830.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±4.2% (118,001  ±5,567.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.1% ±3% (55,219  ±3,840.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 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

8.2% ±1.1% (16,908  ±2,240) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±0.9% (11,996  ±1,500) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,996 Total veterans ±1,500 10,857 Male ±1,441 1,139 Female ±547

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