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Shelby (South and East) and Chilton Counties--Alabaster (South) & Chelsea Cities PUMA, AL

137,830 Population
1,242 square miles 111 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,304 ±$2,049 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,428 ±$5,215 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.2% ±2.2% (13,690  ±2,976) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32 minutes ±0.7 (1,747,455  ±67,931) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

53,507 ±2,234 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (134,291  ±5,849) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.3% ±3% (2,387  ±1,000) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,438 ±2,026 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$256,100 ±$18,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.8% ±2.5% (16,079  ±3,508.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.3% ±4% (84,844  ±4,781.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.7% ±3.1% (29,805  ±3,111) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

8.8% ±2.2% (11,343  ±2,824.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 6.1% 289,812 (±0.1% / ±5,392.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4% ±1.4% (5,469  ±1,987) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±1.3% (7,248  ±1,452) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,248 Total veterans ±1,452 6,736 Male ±1,290 512 Female ±373

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