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Houston County School District, AL

38,429 Population
497.5 square miles 77.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Houston County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • 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

$31,618 ±$1,390 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Houston County: $34,005 ±$825
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,198 ±$2,230 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Houston County: $58,626 ±$1,551
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.2% ±1.6% (5,446  ±622) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Houston County: 17.5% 18,736 (±0.9% / ±990)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±1.2 (403,585  ±23,672) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Houston County: 22.1 990,410 (±0.6 / ±32,285)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,593 ±346 Number of households
  • Houston County: 43,302 ±462
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (38,380  ±75) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Houston County: 2.5 106,985 (±0 / ±55)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±1.5% (433  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Houston County: 4.1% † 1,008 (±0.6% / ±150)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,158 ±307 Number of housing units
  • Houston County: 50,158 ±164
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,700 ±$5,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Houston County: $183,300 ±$3,668
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±1.1% (2,648  ±428.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Houston County: 10.1% 10,835 (±0.7% / ±727.4)
  • 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

86% ±2.4% (22,911  ±728.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Houston County: 87.9% 65,901 (±1.5% / ±1,153.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±1.3% (3,923  ±337.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Houston County: 23.1% 17,281 (±0.8% / ±595.4)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-fifths of 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% ±0.5% (767  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Houston County: 3.1% 3,313
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±1% (2,792  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Houston County: 9.8% 8,170 (±0.5% / ±418)
  • 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)
2,792 Total veterans ±295 2,558 Male ±285 234 Female ±87

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