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Colbert County

Population in July 2007: 33,052.
Males: 15,458  (46.8%)
Females: 17,594  (53.2%)
Median resident age:  38.8 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $37,389 (it was $32,212 in 2000)
Tri-Cities:  $37,389
Alabama:  $40,554

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $109,645 (it was $73,700 in 2000)
Tri-Cities:  $109,645
Alabama:  $115,600

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $140,957; Detached houses: $145,631; Townhouses or other attached units: $96,528; In 2-unit structures: $110,143; In 3 to 4-unit structures: $139,739; Mobile homes: $22,053

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Races in Tri-Cities:

  • White Non-Hispanic (78.4%)
  • Black (19.6%)
  • American Indian (19.6%)
  • Hispanic (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Tri-Cities: 81.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 625 feet

Land area: 69.6 square miles.

Population density: 475 people per square mile 
 
  (low).



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For population 25 years and over in Tri-Cities

  • High school or higher: 76.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
  • Unemployed: 5.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Tri-Cities CCD

  • Never married: 20.2%
  • Now married: 58.3%
  • Separated: 1.8%
  • Widowed: 9.9%
  • Divorced: 11.6%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.1%
Alabama:  2.0%

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

Tri-Cities:  0.4% ($274)
Alabama:  0.4% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Decatur, AL (48.8 miles , pop. 53,929).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (103.2 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (490.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Muscle Shoals, AL (1.6 miles ), Sheffield, AL (1.7 miles ), Tuscumbia, AL (2.3 miles ), Florence, AL (5.1 miles ), Underwood-Petersville, AL (8.8 miles ), St. Florian, AL (9.3 miles ), Leighton, AL (10.4 miles ), Oakland, AL (10.8 miles ).

Latitude: 34.75 N, Longitude: 87.67 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 256

Tri-Cities household income distribution Tri-Cities home values distribution



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (14%)
  • Utilities (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)


Tri-Cities-area historical tornado activity is near Alabama state average. It is 145% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 23.3 miles away from the Tri-Cities place center killed 28 people and injured 267 people.

On 5/18/1995, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 22.0 miles away from the place center killed 3 people and injured 32 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Tri-Cities:
  • HELEN KELLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; SHEFFIELD, AL)
  • SHOALS HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL)
  • ELIZA COFFEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; FLORENCE, AL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Tri-Cities:
  • NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL (about 6 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; ID: MSL)
  • HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FIELD (about 64 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; ID: HSV)
  • TUPELO RGNL (about 83 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tri-Cities:
  • RUSSELLVILLE MUNI (about 22 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AL; ID: M22)
  • LAWRENCE COUNTY (about 25 miles; COURTLAND, AL; ID: 9A4)
  • IUKA (about 33 miles; IUKA, MS; ID: 15M)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Tri-Cities:
  • NORTHWEST SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MUSCLE SHOALS (about 4 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,669)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA (about 9 miles; FLORENCE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,770)
  • JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; DECATUR, AL; FT enrollment: 4,547)
  • ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles; FULTON, MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
  • NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 72 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,795)
  • COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75 miles; COLUMBIA, TN; FT enrollment: 2,784)

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Notable locations in Tri-Cities: McReynolds Crossroads (A), Muscle Shoals Golf and Country Club (B), National Fertilizer Development Center (C), Sheffield Dock (D), Spring Creek Golf Course (E), Steenson Marina (F), TVA Forage Research (G), Tennessee Valley Country Club and Golf Course (H), Diamond Park and Golf Course (I), Helen Keller Home (J). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Centers: Shoals Plaza Shopping Center (1), Southgate Mall Shopping Center (2), Town Plaza Shopping Center (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Tri-Cities include: Westside Church of Christ (A), West Side Baptist Church (B), Victory Missionary Baptist Church (C), Valley Grove Church (D), Valdosta Church of Christ (E), Valdosta Baptist Church (F), Brown Christian Methodist Episcopal Temple (G), Calvary Baptist Church (H), Cave Spring Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Aycock Cemetery (1), Pearsall Cemetery (2), Bickley Cemetery (3), Whitamore Cemetery (4), Colbert County Memorial Gardens (5), Blocker Cemetery (6), Adams Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes: Haw Pond (A), Alcock Pond (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Isbell Branch (A), James Creek (B), Spring Creek (C), Pond Creek (D), Polk Branch (E), Hipps Creek (F), Throckmorton Branch (G), Cabin Branch (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Tri-Cities include: Avalon Park (1), North Alabama State Fair Park (2), Park West (3), The Commons (4), Spring Park (5), Colbert County Courthouse Square Historic District (6), Tenth Avenue Park (7), Sheffield Youth Park (8), Rivermont Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  52.5%
Whole state:  70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  2.8%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  13.1%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  5.9%
Whole state:  7.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Tri-Cities, AL


People in group quarters in Tri-Cities
  • 350 people in nursing homes
  • 75 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 64 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 22 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 21 people in other group homes
  • 12 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere


Tri-Cities compared to Alabama state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Colbert County Alabama:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (55%)
  • Electricity (39%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Wood (1%)

6.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,094 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.00%
Alabama average:  6.81%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($322 average AGI)
Colbert County:  0.05%
Alabama average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Lauderdale County, AL  2.06% ($33,370 average AGI)
from Franklin County, AL  0.64% ($31,697)
from Lawrence County, AL  0.27% ($31,863)


5.53% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,881 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.53%
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 Lauderdale County, AL  2.14% ($28,565 average AGI)
to Franklin County, AL  0.49% ($29,085)
to Madison County, AL  0.27% ($32,115)


Strongest AM radio stations in Tri-Cities:
  • WVNA (1590 AM; 5 kW; TUSCUMBIA, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WLAY (1450 AM; 1 kW; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WBTG (1290 AM; 1 kW; SHEFFIELD, AL)
  • WBCF (1240 AM; 1 kW; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BENNY CARLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSBM (1340 AM; 1 kW; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BIG RIVER B/CING. CORP.)
  • WZZA (1410 AM; 1 kW; TUSCUMBIA, AL; Owner: MUSCLE SHOALS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WZNN (620 AM; 5 kW; LEXINGTON, AL; Owner: MANUEL HUERTA)
  • WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
  • WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WVNN (770 AM; 10 kW; ATHENS, AL; Owner: ATHENS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Tri-Cities:
  • WLAY-FM (100.3 FM; TUSCUMBIA, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WQLT-FM (107.3 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BIG RIVER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFIX (91.3 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: TRI-STATE INSPIRATIONAL B/C CORP.)
  • WXFL (96.1 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BIG RIVER BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WVNA-FM (105.5 FM; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WBTG-FM (106.3 FM; SHEFFIELD, AL; Owner: SLATTON & ASSOCS. BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WMXV (103.5 FM; RUSSELLVILLE, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • W274AA (102.7 FM; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Owner: WILLIAM P. ROGERS)
  • W254AA (98.7 FM; COLBERT HEIGHTS, AL; Owner: WILLIAM P. ROGERS)
  • W280DA (103.9 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WAKD (89.9 FM; SHEFFIELD, AL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • W232AH (94.3 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: SLATTON & ASSOCIATES B/CSTERS INC.)
  • W258AE (99.5 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WQPR (88.7 FM; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; Owner: THE BD OF TRUSTEES UNIV. OF ALABAMA)
  • W202BY (88.3 FM; KILLEN, AL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WYTK (93.9 FM; ROGERSVILLE, AL; Owner: SHOALS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WMSR-FM (94.9 FM; COLLINWOOD, TN; Owner: OHIO BROADCAST ASSOCIATES)
  • WJOR-FM (101.5 FM; ST. JOSEPH, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • W225AB (92.9 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: WILLIAM P. ROGERS)
  • W253AH (98.5 FM; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BIG RIVER BROADCASTING CORP.)

TV broadcast stations around Tri-Cities:
  • WBCF-LP (Channel 3; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: BENNY CARLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WXFL-LP (Channel 5; FLORENCE, ETC., AL; Owner: BENNY CARLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W57BV (Channel 57; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WHDF (Channel 15; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: VALLEY TELEVISION, LLC)
  • WYLE (Channel 26; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: ETC COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • WFIQ (Channel 36; FLORENCE, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
  • W46CF (Channel 46; TUSCUMBIA, AL; Owner: UNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W59CF (Channel 59; RUSSELLVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)

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