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35961

5,879 Population
118 square miles 49.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±6.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$24,109 ±$3,421 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $26,490 ±$949
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$46,224 ±$5,951 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $51,204 ±$2,508
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

16.8% ±6.2% (953  ±385) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 22.4% 15,894 (±1.9% / ±1,357)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

22.3 minutes ±1.8 (54,235  ±10,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 24.8 703,765 (±1 / ±36,211)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

2,098 ±287 Number of households
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 26,181 ±470
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.7 ±0.2 (5,700  ±891) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 2.7 71,375 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

1.5% ±2% (19  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 4.5% † 710 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

2,669 ±290 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 30,963 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$100,200 ±$31,482 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $152,700 ±$5,889
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

8.3% ±4.4% (489  ±269.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 8.7% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±1,202.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

66.2% ±3.9% (2,594  ±345.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 79.2% 38,619 (±2.8% / ±1,362.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
6.3% ±2.6% (248  ±107) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 14.1% 6,863 (±1.3% / ±616.4)
  • about one-fifth 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

14.6% ±5.7% (857  ±359) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 7.8% 5,657
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

3.9% ±1.6% (177  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 5.7% † 3,103 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
177 Total veterans ±74 177 Male ±74 N/A Female ±19

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