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Shelby County School District, AL

144,368 Population
694.6 square miles 207.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 40.7 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$43,939 ±$3,146 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $45,963 ±$2,935
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
$88,470 ±$8,197 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $88,070 ±$5,354
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711

7.6% ±1.8% (10,766  ±2,561) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 9% † 20,656 (±1.8% / ±4,122)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)

30.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,804,545  ±75,747) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 29.7 2,881,545 (±0.7 / ±85,240)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

53,766 ±1,847 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 88,270 ±1,592
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
2.6 ±0.1 (141,303  ±1,555) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.6 229,170 (±0.1 / ±229)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454

2.8% ±1.3% (951  ±426) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 3.5% † 1,933 (±1.3% / ±711)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)

Housing

56,581 ±1,883 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 93,211 ±91
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220

$325,400 ±$15,432 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $326,600 ±$12,314
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406

11% ±2.4% (15,822  ±3,424) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 10.5% † 24,082 (±1.9% / ±4,296)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)

Social

94.1% ±4.3% (93,656  ±5,012.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 95.1% 153,942 (±3.8% / ±6,206.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
40.4% ±3.2% (40,270  ±3,363.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 42.9% 69,531 (±2.6% / ±4,154.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)

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

5.9% ±1.5% (8,455  ±2,117) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 6.8% 15,793
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143

5.9% ±1.4% (6,620  ±1,557) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 5.6% † 10,183 (±1.1% / ±1,924)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
6,620 Total veterans ±1,557 5,998 Male ±1,457 622 Female ±443

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