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Shelby County School District, AL

144,140 Population
694.6 square miles 207.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,642 ±$2,760 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $49,349 ±$2,094
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,398 ±$7,487 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $102,265 ±$5,839
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.3% ±1.5% (7,410  ±2,130) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 6.3% † 14,695 (±1.4% / ±3,343)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,808,760  ±68,178) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 29.5 2,872,840 (±0.5 / ±78,484)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

55,752 ±2,121 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 90,532 ±1,263
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (140,847  ±2,925) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.6 232,017 (±0 / ±55)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±1.9% (1,700  ±686) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 4.5% † 2,515 (±1.6% / ±880)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

57,897 ±2,102 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 94,239 ±63
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$346,800 ±$12,631 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $349,200 ±$9,679
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±2.5% (16,379  ±3,587.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 10.5% † 24,628 (±2% / ±4,585.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.9% ±4% (94,048  ±4,808.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 95.2% 155,537 (±3.8% / ±6,269)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48% ±3.3% (47,532  ±3,535.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 49.7% 81,270 (±2.8% / ±4,641.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.2% ±1% (6,090  ±1,476) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 5.2% 12,151
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±1.2% (6,788  ±1,336) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 6.9% † 12,645 (±1% / ±1,871)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,788 Total veterans ±1,336 6,347 Male ±1,224 441 Female ±350

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