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Huntsville, AL Metro Area

514,465 Population
1,361.6 square miles 377.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$44,601 ±$1,572 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $33,777 ±$383
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$81,066 ±$3,019 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $59,674 ±$727
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11% ±1.5% (54,974  ±7,326) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 16.2% 800,395 (±0.5% / ±23,225)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.8 minutes ±0.8 (4,997,935  ±232,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 52,234,320 (±0.3 / ±799,241)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

206,490 ±2,366 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,016,448 ±11,475
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (501,149  ±647) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 † 4,932,977 (±275.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

3.9% ±1.1% (4,665  ±1,278) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5.2% 61,506 (±0.4% / ±4,652)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

223,641 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,339,582 ±307
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$292,700 ±$6,741 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $200,900 ±$2,774
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.7% ±1.3% (69,973  ±6,580.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.4% 624,896 (±0.4% / ±22,027.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

92% ±2.7% (327,802  ±9,655.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.8% 3,085,627 (±0.8% / ±28,475.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
43.9% ±1.7% (156,414  ±6,230.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 28.8% 1,000,791 (±0.5% / ±15,844.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

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

5.1% ±5,493.1% (26,170  ±3,707) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 3.8% † 191,234 (±412.6% / ±9,607)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

11% ±0.9% (44,184  ±3,519) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,619 (±0.2% / ±7,848)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
44,184 Total veterans ±3,519 38,972 Male ±2,873 5,212 Female ±1,279

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