Big Sandy-Duncanville, Alabama

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Population (year 2000): 8,208

Males: 4,064	(49.5%)
Females: 4,144	(50.5%)

Marshall County

Median resident age:	33.2 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $41,300 (it was $39,417 in 2000)

Big Sandy-Duncanville	$41,300
Alabama:	$36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $134,700 (it was $116,200 in 2000)

Big Sandy-Duncanville	$134,700
Alabama:	$97,500

Big Sandy-Duncanville, AL residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Big Sandy-Duncanville:

White Non-Hispanic (78.0%)
Black (20.3%)
American Indian (20.3%)
Hispanic (1.0%)
Two or more races (0.9%)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 610 feet

Land area: 139.3 square miles.

Population density: 59 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Big Sandy-Duncanville

High school or higher: 75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
Unemployed: 2.5%
Mean travel time to work: 25.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Big Sandy-Duncanville CCD

Never married: 20.6%
Now married: 64.7%
Separated: 1.7%
Widowed: 4.7%
Divorced: 10.0%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.3%
Alabama:	2.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Big Sandy-Duncanville:	0.2% ($247)
Alabama:	0.3% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tuscaloosa, AL (10.2 miles , pop. 77,906).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (56.3 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (588.5 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Tuscaloosa, AL (10.2 miles ), Moundville, AL (10.4 miles ), Holt, AL (11.4 miles ), Coaling, AL (12.2 miles ), Northport, AL (14.8 miles ), Fosters, AL (16.1 miles ), Brookwood, AL (16.8 miles ), Coker, AL (18.0 miles ).

Latitude: 33.07 N, Longitude: 87.49 W

17 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
17 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill

Most common industries for males:

Construction (19%)
Metal and metal products (9%)
Plastics and rubber products (6%)
Educational services (6%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (14%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Personal and laundry services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (7%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)

Big Sandy-Duncanville-area historical tornado activity is near Alabama state average. It is 117% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/3/1966, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 21.6 miles away from the Big Sandy-Duncanville place center killed 58 people and injured 518 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/8/1998, a category 5 tornado 26.3 miles away from the place center killed 32 people and injured 259 people and caused $200 million in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Big Sandy-Duncanville:

TAYLOR HARDIN SECURE MEDICAL FACILITY (about 9 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL)
BRYCE HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL)
D C H REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Big Sandy-Duncanville:

TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (about 13 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; ID: TCL)
BIRMINGHAM INTL (about 62 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; ID: BHM)
COLUMBUS AFB (about 77 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)

Other public-use airports nearest to Big Sandy-Duncanville:

MOUNDVILLE (about 13 miles; MOUNDVILLE, AL; ID: L44)
BIBB COUNTY (about 30 miles; CENTREVILLE, AL; ID: 0A8)
GREENSBORO MUNI (about 30 miles; GREENSBORO, AL; ID: 7A0)

Amtrak station near Big Sandy-Duncanville:

10 miles: TUSCALOOSA (2105 GREENSBORO AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Big Sandy-Duncanville:

SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,635)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 18 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 43 miles; MONTEVALLO, AL; FT enrollment: 2,651)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (about 51 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 12,178)
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 4,106)
BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; SUMITON, AL; FT enrollment: 2,670)
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)

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Notable locations in Big Sandy-Duncanville: O T Princes Landing (A), Pheiffer Landing (B), Beals Landing (C), Hulls Landing (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Big Sandy-Duncanville include: Big Sandy Baptist Church (A), Big Sandy Church (B), Big Sandy United Methodist Church (C), Shiloh Church (D), Sandy Creek Church (E), Duncanville Baptist Church (F), Duncanville Church (G), Duncanville United Methodist Church (H), Ebenezer Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Friendship Cemetery (1), Duncanville Cemetery (2), Big Sandy Cemetery (3), Center Cemetery (4), Shiloh Cemetery (5), South Sandy Cemetery (6), Liberty Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Hull Lake (A), Touson Lake (B), Judson, Lake (C), Cain Lake Number 3 (D), Cain Lake Number 1 (E), Pattons Lake (F), Steiner Lake (G), Matthews Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Indian Creek (A), South Sandy Creek (B), Little Sandy Creek (C), Darden Branch (D), Long Branch (E), Bunch Creek (F), Carthage Branch (G), Kings Branch (H), Tadpole Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Duncanville Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.8 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	72.5%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.5%
Whole state:	3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	14.5%
Whole state:	16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	7.3%
Whole state:	7.3%

Big Sandy-Duncanville compared to Alabama state average:

Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Marshall County Alabama:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.49% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,083 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.49%
Alabama average:	6.81%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Etowah County, AL	0.84% ($25,881 average AGI)
from DeKalb County, AL	0.66% ($26,219)
from Madison County, AL	0.66% ($48,656)

5.86% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,156 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.86%
Alabama average:	6.16%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Madison County, AL	0.94% ($37,276 average AGI)
to Etowah County, AL	0.88% ($25,539)
to DeKalb County, AL	0.67% ($21,706)

Strongest AM radio stations in Big Sandy-Duncanville:

WTSK (790 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
WACT (1420 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWPG (1280 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: LAWSON OF TUSCALOOSA, INC.)
WSPZ (1150 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: RADIO SOUTH, INC)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WTBC (1230 AM; 1 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: JOHN SISTY ENTERPRISES, INC.)
WJUS (1310 AM; 5 kW; MARION, AL; Owner: GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH)
WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WASG (550 AM; 25 kW; ATMORE, AL; Owner: 550 AM, INC)
WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)

Strongest FM radio stations in Big Sandy-Duncanville:

WTUG-FM (92.9 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
WBHJ (95.7 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WUAL-FM (91.5 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA)
W247AN (97.3 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: WILLIAM PAXTON ROGERS)
WANZ (100.7 FM; NORTHPORT, AL; Owner: APEX BRAODCASTING INC.)
WDXB (102.5 FM; JASPER, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WDGM (99.1 FM; GREENSBORO, AL; Owner: WARRIOR BROADCASTING INC.)
WTXT (98.1 FM; FAYETTE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WRTR (105.5 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQZZ (104.3 FM; EUTAW, AL; Owner: JIM LAWSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WVUA-FM (90.7 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: BD OF TRUSTEES, THE UNIVERSITY OF AL)
WZBQ (94.1 FM; CARROLLTON, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WBEI (101.7 FM; REFORM, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
W300AE (107.9 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: GLEN IRIS BAPTIST SCHOOL)
W205AC (88.9 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TUSCALOOSA CHRISTIAN B/CASTING, INC.)
W261AO (100.1 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: JOHN S. LA TOUR/J & J B/C)

TV broadcast stations around Big Sandy-Duncanville:

WLDM (Channel 23; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: CHANNEL 23, LLC)
W46BU (Channel 46; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WVUA-CA (Channel 7; TUSCALOOSA/NORTHPORT, AL; Owner: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA)
WCFT-TV (Channel 33; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INCORPORATED)
WDBB (Channel 17; BESSEMER, AL; Owner: WDBB-TV, INC.)
WDVZ-CA (Channel 3; GREENSBORO, AL; Owner: TTI, INC.)
WJMY-CA (Channel 28; DEMOPOLIS, AL; Owner: TTI, INC.)

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