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Birmingham, AL real estate and demographic information

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Birmingham zip codes35203, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35222, 35233, 35234, 35176

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POPULATION
243,072

Birmingham, AL Information

BIRMINGHAM INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 243,072
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 112,229
BIRMINGHAM HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 47.12%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 41.03%
% VACANT 11.85%
TYPE OF BIRMINGHAM HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 61.00%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 2.79%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 7.39%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 28.32%
MOBILE HOMES 0.44%
OTHER 0.06%
SIZE OF BIRMINGHAM HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.41%
1 BEDROOM 15.60%
2 BEDROOMS 36.27%
3 BEDROOMS 37.04%
4 BEDROOMS 7.12%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 1.56%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 3.07%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 28.14%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 54.08%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 14.71%


BIRMINGHAM REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $107,825
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $517
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$86,000 34.17%
$86,001-$173,000 46.87%
$173,001-$347,000 15.58%
$347,001-$520,000 1.82%
$520,001-$694,000 0.65%
$694,001-$867,000 0.36%
$867,001-$1,300,000 0.35%
$1,300,001-$1,734,000 0.14%
> $1,734,000 0.06%


PEOPLE OF Birmingham DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 6.76%
5 TO 17 18.26%
18 TO 24 11.24%
25 TO 34 14.71%
35 TO 54 28.08%
55 TO 64 7.36%
65 YEARS AND OVER 13.60%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 75.47%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 18.50%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $26,735
PER CAPITA INCOME $15,663
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 24.70%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Healthcare (16.18%), Retail (11.07%), Manufacturing (9.67%), Education (8.52%), Accomodation (7.53%), Finance (7.34%), Other (5.39%), Construction (4.87%), Public Service (4.60%), Transportation (4.40%), Wholesale (4.28%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.19%), Administration (3.91%), Information Technology (3.59%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 6.44%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 24.21%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 73.33%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.20%
ASIAN 0.71%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.03%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 0.72%
TWO OR MORE RACES 0.81%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 1.52%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (61.95%), Unclassified (21.92%), United States or American (3.92%), English (2.53%)
FOREIGN BORN 2.11%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (88.87%) , Spanish (2.46%)
About Birmingham

Birmingham is a relatively large city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 243,072 people and 92 constituent neighborhoods, Birmingham is the largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities, Birmingham isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Birmingham are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Birmingham is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Birmingham who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.17%), sales jobs (10.63%), and food service (5.80%).

Birmingham Information and Demographics

The population of Birmingham overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Birmingham, 18.50% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Birmingham in 2000 was $15,663, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,652 for a family of four.

Birmingham is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Birmingham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Birmingham is African-American, followed by White. The main ancestry of people in Birmingham is English.

The most common language spoken in Birmingham is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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