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Tuscaloosa County School District, AL

127,009 Population
1,259.8 square miles 100.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tuscaloosa County: 33.2 ±0.4
  • 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

$37,240 ±$2,455 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tuscaloosa County: $34,593 ±$1,933
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$84,770 ±$7,137 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tuscaloosa County: $68,404 ±$5,141
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.7% ±3.2% (13,468  ±4,007) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 15.6% † 35,112 (±2.5% / ±5,706)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.1 minutes ±0.7 (1,521,375  ±58,160) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tuscaloosa County: 23.3 2,395,000 (±0.7 / ±83,347)
  • 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

48,863 ±1,866 Number of households
  • Tuscaloosa County: 94,445 ±2,138
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (125,872  ±846) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tuscaloosa County: 2.4 224,964 (±0.1 / ±1,282)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.3% ±3.2% (1,889  ±973) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 3.9% † 2,652 (±1.5% / ±1,058)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,041 ±1,890 Number of housing units
  • Tuscaloosa County: 106,321 ±545
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$257,800 ±$12,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Tuscaloosa County: $260,600 ±$13,149
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.7% ±1.8% (8,364  ±2,265.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 18.4% † 43,985 (±2.8% / ±6,574.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.4% ±4.8% (79,437  ±4,725.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 91.6% 133,759 (±4.3% / ±6,358)
  • 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)
29.5% ±3.2% (25,381  ±2,815) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 33.5% 48,974 (±2.7% / ±3,989.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 80 percent of 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

4.3% ±1.5% (5,483  ±1,890) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 5.8% 13,901
  • 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

7.4% ±1.6% (6,982  ±1,523) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tuscaloosa County: 5.7% † 11,060 (±0.9% / ±1,750)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,982 Total veterans ±1,523 6,035 Male ±1,355 947 Female ±682

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