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35968

4,763 Population
63.6 square miles 74.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$23,798 ±$2,863 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
$43,539 ±$5,933 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $51,204 ±$2,508
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

27.2% ±10% (1,231  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 22.4% 15,894 (±1.9% / ±1,357)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

29.7 minutes ±7.4 (47,965  ±16,780) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 24.8 703,765 (±1 / ±36,211)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

1,638 ±299 Number of households
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 26,181 ±470
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.8 ±0 (4,532  ±829) 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

7.7% ±6.8% (68  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 4.5% † 710 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

1,956 ±316 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 30,963 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$122,400 ±$23,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $152,700 ±$5,889
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

7% ±2.9% (328  ±149) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 8.7% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±1,202.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

83.7% ±19.6% (2,729  ±424.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 79.2% 38,619 (±2.8% / ±1,362.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
12% ±2.1% (392  ±97.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 14.1% 6,863 (±1.3% / ±616.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

3.2% ±1.9% (154  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 7.8% 5,657
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

6.7% ±3.6% (254  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 5.7% † 3,103 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
254 Total veterans ±141 235 Male ±140 19 Female ±30

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