Sipsey, Alabama

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Population (year 2000): 552. Estimated population in July 2006: 549 (-0.5% change)

Males: 268	(48.6%)
Females: 284	(51.4%)

Walker County

Median resident age:	36.3 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Zip codes: 35584.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $27,400 (it was $23,000 in 2000)

Sipsey	$27,400
Alabama:	$36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $38,900 (it was $36,700 in 2000)

Sipsey	$38,900
Alabama:	$97,500

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Races in Sipsey:

White Non-Hispanic (67.9%)
Black (31.3%)

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Ancestries: United States (18.3%), Irish (11.8%), German (4.7%), English (4.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 437 feet

Land area: 0.49 square miles.

Population density: 1114 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Sipsey

High school or higher: 56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
Unemployed: 10.1%
Mean travel time to work: 35.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sipsey town

Never married: 28.4%
Now married: 52.7%
Separated: 1.4%
Widowed: 8.6%
Divorced: 8.9%

2 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.4%
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:

Sipsey:	0.5% ($199)
Alabama:	0.3% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Birmingham, AL (27.9 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (556.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Empire, AL (5.4 miles ), Sumiton, AL (5.9 miles ), Dora, AL (6.5 miles ), Cordova, AL (8.2 miles ), Robbins Crossroads, AL (8.6 miles ), West Jefferson, AL (12.0 miles ), Flat Creek-Wegra, AL (12.9 miles ), Jasper, AL (13.2 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 33.82 N, Longitude: 87.09 W

Population change in the 1990s: +14 (+2.6%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (16%)
Truck transportation (14%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Mining (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Furniture and related products (5%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
Other direct selling establishments (6%)
Educational services (6%)
Social assistance (6%)
Personal and laundry services (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Communications equipment operators (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (15%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)

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Crime in Sipsey by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	4	0	3	0
per 100,000	722.0	0.0	544.5	0.0
Burglaries	1	4	15	0
per 100,000	180.5	718.1	2722.3	0.0
Thefts	10	5	30	0
per 100,000	1805.1	897.7	5444.6	0.0
Auto thefts	1	1	2	0
per 100,000	180.5	179.5	363.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 161.3)	243.7	100.5	546.3	0.0

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Average climate in Sipsey, Alabama

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Sipsey-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Alabama state average. It is 210% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/8/1998, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 22.4 miles away from the Sipsey town center killed 32 people and injured 259 people and caused $200 million in damages.

On 4/4/1977, a category 5 tornado 23.5 miles away from the town center killed 22 people and injured 130 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Sipsey:

WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; JASPER, AL)
UAB MEDICAL WEST (about 22 miles; BESSEMER, AL)
HEALTHSOUTH METRO WEST HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; FAIRFIELD, AL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Sipsey:

BIRMINGHAM INTL (about 30 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; ID: BHM)
TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (about 55 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; ID: TCL)
HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FIELD (about 60 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; ID: HSV)

Other public-use airports nearest to Sipsey:

WALKER COUNTY-BEVILL FIELD (about 16 miles; JASPER, AL; ID: JFX)
ADDISON MUNICIPAL (about 27 miles; ADDISON, AL; ID: 2A8)
DOUBLE SPRINGS-WINSTON COUNTY (about 27 miles; DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL; ID: 3M2)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sipsey:

BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 6 miles; SUMITON, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,670)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (about 22 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 12,178)
GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE (about 25 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 3,272)
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 4,106)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 50 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 51 miles; MONTEVALLO, AL; FT enrollment: 2,651)

Public elementary/middle school in Sipsey:

SIPSEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 320; Location: PARK ST; Grades: KG - 08)

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Average household size:

This town:	2.6 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	70.3%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	4.2%
Whole state:	3.4%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	24.8%
Whole state:	16.1%

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

This town:	13.4%
Whole state:	7.3%

Sipsey compared to Alabama state average:

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

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Sipsey mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Walker County Alabama:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	1	$1,085	$13,020	0	$0
Other Government Administration	0	$0		6	$325
Police Protection - Officers	0	$0		1	$886
Totals for Government	1	$1,085	$13,020	7	$1,211

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 Sipsey:

WCOC (1010 AM; 5 kW; DORA, AL; Owner: AZTECA COMMUNICATIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WERC (960 AM; 5 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WRJS (1320 AM; 5 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WTID (1240 AM; 1 kW; JASPER, AL; Owner: NEW CENTURY RADIO, INC.)
WYDE (1260 AM; 5 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WZPQ (1360 AM; 1 kW; JASPER, AL; Owner: JAMES T. LEE)
WMCJ (1460 AM; 5 kW; CULLMAN, AL)
WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sipsey:

WYDE-FM (101.1 FM; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WDXB (102.5 FM; JASPER, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQOP-FM (92.5 FM; DORA, AL; Owner: QUEEN OF PEACE RADIO, INC.)
WODL (97.3 FM; HOMEWOOD, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WFFN (95.3 FM; CORDOVA, AL; Owner: NEW CENTURY RADIO, INC.)
WBHK (98.7 FM; WARRIOR, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WZZK-FM (104.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WBPT (106.9 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WRAX (107.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WYSF (94.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WBHM (90.3 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BD OF TRUSTEES/U OF AL AT BIRMINGHAM)
WMJJ (96.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQEN (103.7 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WZRR (99.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC-FM (93.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WBFR (89.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WENN (105.9 FM; TRUSSVILLE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WGIB (91.9 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: GLEN IRIS BAPTIST SCHOOL)

TV broadcast stations around Sipsey:

W23AK (Channel 23; JASPER, AL; Owner: WMTY, INC.)
WDBB (Channel 17; BESSEMER, AL; Owner: WDBB-TV, INC.)
WCFT-TV (Channel 33; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INCORPORATED)
W55BJ (Channel 55; JASPER, AL; Owner: COMBS BROADCASTING, INC.)
W66CN (Channel 66; JASPER, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WIAT (Channel 42; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBIQ (Channel 10; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
WABM (Channel 68; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM (WABM-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
WTTO (Channel 21; HOMEWOOD, AL; Owner: WTTO LICENSEE, LLC)
WBRC (Channel 6; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: WBRC LICENSE, INC.)
WVTM-TV (Channel 13; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM BROADCASTING (WVTM-TV), LLC)
WBXA-CA (Channel 2; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
W27CM (Channel 27; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
W46DK (Channel 46; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WBMA-LP (Channel 58; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INC.)

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