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Dale County School District, AL

15,772 Population
360.1 square miles 43.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dale County: 37.7 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,948 ±$2,749 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dale County: $30,913 ±$1,637
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,663 ±$5,175 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dale County: $54,963 ±$3,147
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±3.1% (2,791  ±513) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Dale County: 18.7% 9,117 (±1.6% / ±797)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.9 minutes ±1.1 (153,800  ±13,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dale County: 22.5 414,515 (±0.7 / ±19,999)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,319 ±403 Number of households
  • Dale County: 19,727 ±413
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (15,752  ±918) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dale County: 2.5 48,781 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±3.6% (250  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dale County: 6.8% † 764 (±1.8% / ±196)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,461 ±404 Number of housing units
  • Dale County: 22,968 ±61
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$134,700 ±$24,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dale County: $143,500 ±$11,393
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±1.8% (1,095  ±293.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Dale County: 14.3% † 6,980 (±1.7% / ±840)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.6% ±2.6% (8,877  ±626.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dale County: 86.6% 29,121 (±3.3% / ±1,129.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±2.3% (1,830  ±275.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dale County: 20.4% 6,862 (±1.5% / ±512.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% ±1% (347  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dale County: 3.5% 1,749
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±1.5% (1,154  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dale County: 14.1% 5,071 (±1% / ±343)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,154 Total veterans ±192 999 Male ±183 155 Female ±83

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