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35962

8,666 Population
71.5 square miles 121.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$28,150 ±$4,121 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $26,490 ±$949
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$60,392 ±$10,183 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $51,204 ±$2,508
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

20.6% ±6.8% (1,759  ±632) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 22.4% 15,894 (±1.9% / ±1,357)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

28 minutes ±3.1 (115,015  ±23,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 24.8 703,765 (±1 / ±36,211)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

2,814 ±356 Number of households
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 26,181 ±470
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
3 ±0.2 (8,529  ±1,241) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 2.7 71,375 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

3% ±1.8% (60  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 4.5% † 710 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

3,489 ±398 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 30,963 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$141,700 ±$57,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $152,700 ±$5,889
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

5.1% ±2.7% (440  ±238.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 8.7% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±1,202.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

75.3% ±13.9% (4,565  ±570.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 79.2% 38,619 (±2.8% / ±1,362.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
12.7% ±3.5% (771  ±234.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 14.1% 6,863 (±1.3% / ±616.4)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

13.4% ±4.7% (1,158  ±443) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 7.8% 5,657
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

3.1% ±1.4% (208  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 5.7% † 3,103 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
208 Total veterans ±98 201 Male ±97 7 Female ±9

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