Gordonville, Alabama

Back to Gordonville, AL housing info, Walker County, Alabama, AL smaller cities, AL small cities, All Cities.

We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

General Map
Google Map
MSN Map

Walker County

Population in July 2008: 301. Population change since 2000: -5.3%

Males: 148	(49.4%)
Females: 153	(50.6%)

Median resident age:	35.0 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Zip codes: 36040.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $12,188 (it was $10,278 in 2000)

Gordonville:	$12,188
Alabama:	$40,554

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $11,660

Gordonville:	$11,660
Alabama:	$22,366

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $43,401 (it was $29,500 in 2000)

Gordonville:	$43,401
Alabama:	$115,600

Gordonville, AL residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Gordonville:

Black (95.9%)
White Non-Hispanic (3.5%)
Hispanic (1.3%)

2008 cost of living index in Gordonville: 84.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Discuss Gordonville, Alabama on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users

Latest news from Gordonville, AL collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: Subsaharan African (1.6%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 5.63 square miles.

Population density: 53 people per square mile

(very low).

Home Value Estimate
Address:		Unit (optional):
City	State	Zip

For population 25 years and over in Gordonville

High school or higher: 62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.5%
Unemployed: 22.5%
Mean travel time to work: 41.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Gordonville town

Never married: 47.1%
Now married: 27.3%
Separated: 5.8%
Widowed: 10.6%
Divorced: 9.2%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.0%
Alabama:	2.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

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

Gordonville:	0.9% ($275)
Alabama:	0.4% ($289)

Gordonville satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Montgomery, AL (29.3 miles , pop. 201,568).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (539.9 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Mosses, AL (1.6 miles ), Braggs-Prairie Hill, AL (2.3 miles ), Benton-Collirene, AL (2.7 miles ), Hayneville, AL (2.8 miles ), Lowndesboro, AL (3.2 miles) , White Hall, AL (3.3 miles ), Benton, AL (3.5 miles) , Fort Deposit, AL (3.8 miles ).

Latitude: 32.15 N, Longitude: 86.71 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 334

Gordonville household income distribution

Population change in the 1990s: -60 (-15.9%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
Construction (12%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (12%)
Food and beverage stores (12%)
Apparel (7%)
Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (7%)
Educational services (7%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Food (12%)
Food and beverage stores (12%)
Finance and insurance (12%)
Educational services (12%)
Health care (12%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (12%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (19%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (23%)
Registered nurses (12%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)

Gordonville races chart

Average climate in Gordonville, Alabama

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Gordonville, Alabama average temperatures

Gordonville, Alabama average precipitation

Back to the top

Gordonville-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Alabama state average. It is 72% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/1969, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 22.8 miles away from the Gordonville town center killed 2 people and injured 14 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/23/1971, a category 4 tornado 31.3 miles away from the town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Gordonville-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Alabama state average. It is 93% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/24/1997 at 08:35:17, a magnitude 4.9 (4.8 MB, 4.2 MS, 4.9 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 78.4 miles away from Gordonville center
On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 92.2 miles away from the city center
On 11/7/2004 at 11:20:21, a magnitude 4.4 (4.4 MB, 4.3 MW, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 79.0 miles away from the city center
On 12/12/1997 at 08:42:20, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 97.2 miles away from Gordonville center
On 11/28/1999 at 11:00:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.5 MB, 3.8 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 92.8 miles away from the city center
On 10/26/1997 at 23:27:12, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 80.5 miles away from Gordonville center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Gordonville topographic map

Hospitals/medical centers near Gordonville:

L V STABLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; GREENVILLE, AL)
VAUGHN REG MED CENTER PARKWAY CAMPUS (about 27 miles; SELMA, AL)
PRATTVILLE BAPTIST HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; PRATTVILLE, AL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Gordonville:

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE (about 27 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 126,963)
AUBURN UNIVERSITY-MONTGOMERY (about 31 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 3,677)
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 4,359)
FAULKNER UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 2,283)
TROY STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 50 miles; TROY, AL; FT enrollment: 9,143)
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; TUSKEGEE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,732)
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 68 miles; MONTEVALLO, AL; FT enrollment: 2,651)

Click to draw/clear town borders

Church in Gordonville: Mount Moriah Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.8 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	75.0%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	0.9%
Whole state:	3.4%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	42.5%
Whole state:	16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	26.5%
Whole state:	7.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Gordonville, AL

Gordonville compared to Alabama state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above 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 below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

Back to the top

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Gordonville mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Walker County Alabama:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%) Electricity (28%) Wood (8%) Utility gas (7%)

Religion statistics for Gordonville

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Churches of Christ	United Methodist Church	National Association of Free Will Baptists
Adherents	57.8%	11.7%	10.3%	7.9%	2.6%
Congregations	33.8%	10.4%	21.2%	12.2%	3.6%

Name	Church of the Nazarene	Catholic Church	Assemblies of God	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Other religions
Adherents	2.3%	2.3%	1.9%	0.8%	2.4%
Congregations	3.6%	0.5%	3.6%	0.5%	10.8%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	0	$0		7	$405
Totals for Government	0	$0		7	$405

5.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,292 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.08%
Alabama average:	6.81%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($219 average AGI)
Walker County: 0.05%
Alabama average: 0.14%

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

from Jefferson County, AL	1.44% ($34,945 average AGI)
from Winston County, AL	0.38% ($30,866)
from Marion County, AL	0.15% ($29,909)

4.96% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,618 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.96%
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 Jefferson County, AL	1.46% ($36,735 average AGI)
to Winston County, AL	0.41% ($27,886)
to Tuscaloosa County, AL	0.23% ($32,857)

Strongest AM radio stations in Gordonville:

WMSP (740 AM; 10 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WACV (1170 AM; 10 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: MONTGOMERY BROADCAST PROPERTIES, LTD)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WASG (550 AM; 25 kW; ATMORE, AL; Owner: 550 AM, INC)
WLWI (1440 AM; 5 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WXVI (1600 AM; 5 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: SUNSHINE 16 RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WAPZ (1250 AM; 5 kW; WETUMPKA, AL; Owner: J & W PROMOTIONS, INC.)
WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
WTBF (970 AM; 5 kW; TROY, AL; Owner: TROY BROADCASTING CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Gordonville:

WAPR (88.3 FM; SELMA, AL; Owner: UA-ASU-TSU EDUCATIONAL RADIO CORP.)
WLWI-FM (92.3 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WQLD (104.3 FM; LUVERNE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WZHT (105.7 FM; TROY, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQKS-FM (96.1 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: MONTGOMERY BROADCAST PROPERTIES, LTD)
WMXS (103.3 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WBAM-FM (98.9 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: DEEP SOUTH BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WHHY-FM (101.9 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WKXN (95.9 FM; GREENVILLE, AL; Owner: AUTAUGAVILLE RADIO, INC.)
WMCZ (97.1 FM; MILLBROOK, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQZX (94.3 FM; GREENVILLE, AL; Owner: HAYNES BROADCASTING, INC.)
WVAS (90.7 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU))
WALX (100.9 FM; SELMA, AL; Owner: ALEXANDER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WXFX (95.1 FM; PRATTVILLE, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)

TV broadcast stations around Gordonville:

WAKA (Channel 8; SELMA, AL; Owner: ALABAMA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
WNCF (Channel 32; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CHANNEL 32 MONTGOMERY LLC)
WRJM-TV (Channel 67; TROY, AL; Owner: JOSIE PARK BROADCASTING, INC.)
WBIH (Channel 29; SELMA, AL; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WSFA (Channel 12; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
WCOV-TV (Channel 20; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: WOODS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
W24CK (Channel 24; SELMA, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WDIQ (Channel 2; DOZIER, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
WMCF-TV (Channel 45; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WETU-LP (Channel 39; WETUMPKA, AL; Owner: CABLE VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, INC.)
WAIQ (Channel 26; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)

Back to Gordonville, AL housing info, Walker County, Alabama, AL smaller cities, AL small cities, All Cities.

Back to the top

Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2009 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2009 Advameg, Inc.