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Gadsden, AL Urban Area

57,533 Population
61.2 square miles 939.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,374 ±$2,362 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,732 ±$3,661 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±2.2% (11,540  ±1,245) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±1.8 (508,995  ±47,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,090 ±692 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (56,036  ±1,509) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±1.5% (642  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,907 ±674 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,700 ±$7,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±1.4% (6,608  ±823.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.5% ±2.9% (34,102  ±1,449.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±1.4% (6,927  ±595) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.4% ±0.7% (1,966  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1% (2,764  ±462) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,764 Total veterans ±462 2,606 Male ±446 158 Female ±77

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