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35203

Birmingham, AL · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
3,506
Median household income
$47,434
People below poverty
24.5%
Median home value
$334,000

Income

The median income of households in 35203 was $47,434. An estimated 10% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 7.9% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 10
$10,000 to $14,999 9.2
$15,000 to $24,999 8.7
$25,000 to $34,999 4.6
$35,000 to $49,999 17.8
$50,000 to $74,999 17.5
$75,000 to $99,999 7.4
$100,000 to $149,999 15.1
$150,000 to $199,999 1.8
$200,000 or more 7.9

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 57775
Female 58417

An estimated 70.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 26% of households received Social Security and an estimated 11.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $17,303. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 70.2
Social Security 26
Retirement income 11.5
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 8.5
Cash public assistance income 0.6

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 24.5 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 48.1% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 34.7% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 19.5% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 24.5
Children under 18 years below poverty 48.1
People 65 years old and over below poverty 34.7
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 19.5

In 2020-2024, 21.8 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 22% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 68.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 19.2% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 35203 in 2020-2024, 91.2% had health insurance coverage and 8.8% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 71.4% and public coverage was 30.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.


In 2020-2024, 35203 had a total population of 3,506 - 1,302 (37.1%) females and 2,204 (62.9%) males. The median age was 37.9 years. An estimated 8% of the population was under 18 years, 56.2% was 19 to 44 years, 24.3% was 45 to 64 years, and 10.8 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 35203 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 110 36
5 to 9 25 21
10 to 14 34 36
15 to 19 25 18
20 to 24 138 130
25 to 29 432 184
30 to 34 306 111
35 to 39 206 111
40 to 44 206 145
45 to 49 213 77
50 to 54 67 30
55 to 59 219 125
60 to 64 68 53
65 to 69 90 111
70 to 74 43 49
75 to 79 10 20
80 to 84 0 0
85 and over 12 45

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 45% were White; 49.4% were Black or African American; 9.5% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.4% were Asian; 25.7% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 4.7% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 6.3% of the people in 35203 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 40.1% of the people in 35203 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 1,768 households in 35203. The average household size was 1.44 people.

Married-couple households made up 10.9% of the households in 35203 while cohabiting couple households made up 6.5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 37.9% of all households, while 44.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 41.8% of households were male householders living alone, and 32.4% were female householders living alone, for a total of 74.2% of all households.

In 35203, 8.8% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 19.1% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 10.9
Cohabiting Couples 6.5
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
44.7
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
37.9

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 21.7% of males and 20.8% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 63.7 37.1
Now married, except separated 21.7 20.8
Separated 1.1 7.8
Widowed 1.8 7.9
Divorced 11.7 26.4

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 35203, 28 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 100% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 97.9% of the people living in 35203 were U.S. natives. 71.8% of the 35203 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2.1% of 35203 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 26% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 80.8 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 35203 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 35203.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 67.1
Asia 0
Europe 0
Africa 19.2
Northern America 13.7
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 35203 in 2020-2024, 3.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 2.4% of people at least five years old; 1.8% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 2.4
Other Indo-European languages 1.5
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 68.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 35203 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 68.2
Different house, same county 18.1
Different county, same state 10.1
Different state 3.6
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 82.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 36.5% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 17.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 35203 was 390 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 33 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 127. College or graduate school enrollment was 230.

Educational Attainment of People in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 17.2
High school diploma or equivalency 28.1
Some college, no degree 14.8
Associate's degree 3.4
Bachelor's degree 21.5
Graduate or professional degree 14.9

Disability

In 35203, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 22.3 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 0% of people under 18 years old, to 18.4% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 60.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 35203, 49.7 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 48.5% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 91.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 5.7% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 2.7 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 1,466 91.2
Federal, state, or local government workers 91 5.7
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 44 2.7

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 35203 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.7
Construction 5.7
Manufacturing 9.6
Wholesale trade 9.9
Retail trade 3.6
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 9.8
Information 0
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 9.2
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 16.9
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 28
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 3.7
Other Services, except public administration 1
Public administration 1.9

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 35203 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 852 53
Service occupations 150 9.3
Sales and office occupations 298 18.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 34 2.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 274 17

Commuting to Work

An estimated 78.7% of 35203 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 4.7% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 14.2 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 78.7
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 4.7
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 1
Walked 6.3
Other means 3.4
Worked from home 6

In 2020-2024, 35203 had a total of 2,272 housing units. Of these housing units, 5.5% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 94.5% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 5.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 94.5
Mobile homes 0
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

3% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 51.8% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 35203 was 3.3 rooms, and of these housing units 11% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 35203 had 1,768 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 504 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 29.7% while renters occupied 70.3%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 1.47 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.43.

7.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 0% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 24% and another 2.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 35203:

House Heating Fuel Used in 35203 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 17.2
Electricity 82.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0
All other fuels 0
No fuel used 0

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 35203 was $334,000.

Of the owner-occupied households, 88 % had a mortgage. 12% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,124 and for owners without a mortgage it was $NaN.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 35203 was $1,058. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.

Note: The presence of NaN means that the estimate could not be calculated or cannot be published for this topic or geography.