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35986

8,207 Population
43.1 square miles 190.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$34,065 ±$2,613 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $26,490 ±$949
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$68,056 ±$13,267 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $51,204 ±$2,508
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

8% ±2.9% (653  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 22.4% 15,894 (±1.9% / ±1,357)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

20.9 minutes ±2.9 (79,135  ±16,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 24.8 703,765 (±1 / ±36,211)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

3,464 ±258 Number of households
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 26,181 ±470
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.4 ±0.2 (8,207  ±548) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 2.7 71,375 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

5.4% ±4.3% (74  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 4.5% † 710 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

3,766 ±276 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 30,963 ±79
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$221,600 ±$14,087 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: $152,700 ±$5,889
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

7% ±2.3% (572  ±194.1) 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

86.7% ±8.7% (4,997  ±647.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 79.2% 38,619 (±2.8% / ±1,362.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
24.9% ±6.7% (1,436  ±405.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 14.1% 6,863 (±1.3% / ±616.4)
  • about 90 percent 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% ±2% (264  ±163) 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

4.5% ±2.3% (298  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Payne, AL Micro Area: 5.7% † 3,103 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
298 Total veterans ±153 281 Male ±153 17 Female ±18

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