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Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area

281,081 Population
3,493.3 square miles 80.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,433 ±$1,628 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,280 ±$6,318 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.5% ±2.3% (43,433  ±6,161) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.7 minutes ±1.5 (2,916,045  ±227,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

110,601 ±2,402 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (262,803  ±3,230) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.4% (2,681  ±1,057) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

127,077 ±1,591 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$239,500 ±$11,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.9% ±2.4% (47,177  ±6,707.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.9% ±3.8% (159,073  ±6,876.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.8% ±2.4% (53,909  ±4,189.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of 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

5.2% ±1% (14,518  ±2,901) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±0.9% (13,430  ±2,004) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
13,430 Total veterans ±2,004 11,911 Male ±1,805 1,519 Female ±767

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