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35601

35,449 Population
26.5 square miles 1,338.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$28,453 ±$1,567 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $35,213 ±$951
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$51,429 ±$5,290 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $68,116 ±$2,498
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

17.3% ±3.1% (5,843  ±1,060) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 13.4% 20,826 (±1.3% / ±1,992)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

20.6 minutes ±1.3 (290,795  ±25,482) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 26 1,670,660 (±0.8 / ±62,953)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

13,938 ±604 Number of households
  • the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 62,667 ±600
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.4 ±0.1 (33,871  ±1,251) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 2.5 155,437 (±0 / ±60)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

5% ±2.4% (385  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,689 (±1% / ±344)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

15,048 ±496 Number of housing units
  • the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 69,308 ±124
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$172,200 ±$11,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $202,500 ±$6,321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

12.8% ±2.4% (4,459  ±839.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 9.6% † 14,930 (±1% / ±1,583)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

79% ±4% (18,438  ±1,133.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 85.7% 93,235 (±2% / ±2,225.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
18.1% ±1.9% (4,223  ±470) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 21.5% 23,434 (±1% / ±1,107.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

11.3% ±2.1% (4,000  ±749) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 4.6% 7,314
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

5.9% ±1% (1,588  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 8% 9,676 (±0.7% / ±822)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
1,588 Total veterans ±269 1,460 Male ±249 128 Female ±68

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