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State House District 79, AL

53,673 Population
40.2 square miles 1,335.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,787 ±$2,010 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,230 ±$3,798 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±2.1% (10,095  ±1,098) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±1.4 (455,025  ±42,106) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,469 ±762 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (49,382  ±1,530) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±1% (448  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,308 ±823 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$390,900 ±$19,328 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.5% ±2% (9,881  ±1,129.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±3.7% (29,296  ±1,517.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
67.2% ±3.1% (20,372  ±1,184.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • nearly double 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

12% ±1.2% (6,430  ±694) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±0.8% (1,758  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,758 Total veterans ±333 1,568 Male ±318 190 Female ±94

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