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Lee County (West)--Auburn & Opelika Cities PUMA, AL

140,860 Population
419.9 square miles 335.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,163 ±$2,481 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
$68,437 ±$4,713 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.4% ±3.1% (25,848  ±4,126) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22 minutes ±1 (1,395,795  ±113,802) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 26 55,283,836 (±0.3 / ±727,269)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

53,523 ±2,672 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (133,328  ±3,638) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±1.7% (1,176  ±714) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

63,403 ±2,016 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$336,700 ±$18,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.5% ±2.2% (18,864  ±3,101.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±4.7% (76,798  ±4,740.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
52.2% ±3.7% (42,758  ±3,402.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

10.2% ±1.9% (12,888  ±2,379.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 6.1% 289,812 (±0.1% / ±5,392.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

10.4% ±1.7% (14,639  ±2,351) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.9% ±0.9% (4,368  ±1,001) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,368 Total veterans ±1,001 4,000 Male ±995 368 Female ±305

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