Birmingham, AL (Alabama) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 243,072 (Urban population: 241,710, Rural population: 1,362 (all nonfarm))

Birmingham, Alabama Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 112,229 (98,937 occupied: 52,886 owner occupied, 46,051 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	47%
State:	28%

Housing density: 749 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $75,800 (lower quartile is $56,600, upper quartile is $118,300)

Median contract rent in 2005: $432 (lower quartile is $305, upper quartile is $567)

Housing units in Birmingham with a mortgage: 32,435 (3,723 second mortgage, 2,882 home equity loan, 146 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,041

Median year house/condo built: 1957

Median year apartment built: 1968

Household type by relationship

Households: 234,213

In family households: 188,952 (30,312 male householders, 29,384 female householders)
31,070 spouses, 71,749 children (66,499 natural, 1,922 adopted, 3,328 stepchildren), 11,268 grandchildren, 3,853 brothers or sisters, 2,241 parents, 4,762 other relatives, 4,313 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 45,261 (17,438 male householders (14,523 living alone)), 21,614 female householders (19,435 living alone)), 6,209 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 8,859 (3,799 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 23,828 2-persons, 16,025 3-persons, 11,240 4-persons, 5,323 5-persons, 1,962 6-persons, 1,318 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 33,958 1-person, 4,415 2-persons, 513 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

22,111 married couples with children.
26,626 single-parent households (2,322 men, 24,304 women).

95.3% of residents of Birmingham speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 5,124 (2.1%)
(27.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Birmingham, Alabama:

1 room: 44
2 rooms: 340
3 rooms: 1,624
4 rooms: 3,974
5 rooms: 10,876
6 rooms: 15,800
7 rooms: 9,968
8 rooms: 5,738
9 or more rooms: 4,522

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Birmingham, Alabama:

1 room: 1,580
2 rooms: 3,883
3 rooms: 9,202
4 rooms: 13,954
5 rooms: 9,372
6 rooms: 5,002
7 rooms: 1,690
8 rooms: 870
9 or more rooms: 498

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,119
1995 to 1998: 2,329
1990 to 1994: 2,632
1980 to 1989: 10,372
1970 to 1979: 18,577
1960 to 1969: 22,094
1950 to 1959: 24,282
1940 to 1949: 14,313
1939 or earlier: 16,511

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Birmingham:

no bedroom: 124
1 bedroom: 1,556
2 bedrooms: 14,047
3 bedrooms: 29,601
4 bedrooms: 6,207
5 or more bedrooms: 1,351

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Birmingham:

no bedroom: 2,033
1 bedroom: 13,540
2 bedrooms: 20,587
3 bedrooms: 8,274
4 bedrooms: 1,324
5 or more bedrooms: 293

Cars and other vehicles available in Birmingham in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 4,797
1 vehicle: 19,444
2 vehicles: 18,592
3 vehicles: 7,434
4 vehicles: 1,848
5 or more vehicles: 771

Cars and other vehicles available in Birmingham in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 11,799
1 vehicle: 23,338
2 vehicles: 8,625
3 vehicles: 1,808
4 vehicles: 231
5 or more vehicles: 250

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Birmingham, AL:

Less than $10,000: 241
$10,000 to $14,999: 445
$15,000 to $19,999: 613
$20,000 to $24,999: 1097
$25,000 to $29,999: 1822
$30,000 to $34,999: 2606
$35,000 to $39,999: 3356
$40,000 to $49,999: 6668
$50,000 to $59,999: 6713
$60,000 to $69,999: 5711
$70,000 to $79,999: 4870
$80,000 to $89,999: 3637
$90,000 to $99,999: 2672
$100,000 to $124,999: 3657
$125,000 to $149,999: 2259
$150,000 to $174,999: 1220
$175,000 to $199,999: 421
$200,000 to $249,999: 458
$250,000 to $299,999: 303
$300,000 to $399,999: 288
$400,000 to $499,999: 165
$500,000 to $749,999: 158
$750,000 to $999,999: 63
$1,000,000 or more: 33

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Birmingham:

Less than $100: 3335
$100 to $149: 2522
$150 to $199: 3417
$200 to $249: 3994
$250 to $299: 4541
$300 to $349: 4730
$350 to $399: 6085
$400 to $449: 4582
$450 to $499: 3763
$500 to $549: 2218
$550 to $599: 1350
$600 to $649: 932
$650 to $699: 498
$700 to $749: 331
$750 to $799: 511
$800 to $899: 337
$900 to $999: 242
$1,000 to $1,249: 101
$1,250 to $1,499: 53
$1,500 to $1,999: 95
$2,000 or more: 44
No cash rent: 2212

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 2,694
1990 to 1994: 837
1985 to 1989: 503
1980 to 1984: 414
1975 to 1979: 211
1970 to 1974: 122
1970 to 1974: 100
1965 to 1969: 243

Birmingham, AL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.3%
Number of people working at home: 1,126 (1.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1426
5 to 9 minutes: 7310
10 to 14 minutes: 13905
15 to 19 minutes: 21187
20 to 24 minutes: 19137
25 to 29 minutes: 5705
30 to 34 minutes: 15650
35 to 39 minutes: 1718
40 to 44 minutes: 1589
45 to 59 minutes: 3549
60 to 89 minutes: 2264
90 or more minutes: 2159

Birmingham mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 74,393 (77%)
Carpooled: 15,316 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,296 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 23 (0%)
Railroad: 29 (0%)
Ferryboat: 56 (0%)
Taxi: 145 (0%)
Motorcycle: 74 (0%)
Bicycle: 122 (0%)
Walked: 2,348 (2%)
Other means: 792 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,126 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 19813
$10,000 to $14,999: 9591
$15,000 to $19,999: 8680
$20,000 to $24,999: 8367
$25,000 to $29,999: 7630
$30,000 to $34,999: 7049
$35,000 to $39,999: 6192
$40,000 to $44,999: 5076
$45,000 to $49,999: 4071
$50,000 to $59,999: 6583
$60,000 to $74,999: 6439
$75,000 to $99,999: 4796
$100,000 to $124,999: 1975
$125,000 to $149,999: 856
$150,000 to $199,999: 637
$200,000 or more: 993

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 150576
United States or American: 9529
English: 6146
Irish: 4491
German: 3767
Subsaharan African:: 3504
African: 3273
Scotch-Irish: 2162
Italian: 1655
Scottish: 1433
French (except Basque): 897
European: 766
Dutch: 688
Arab:: 654
British: 530
Lebanese: 436
Polish: 387
Welsh: 366
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 323
Russian: 226
Norwegian: 214
Greek: 198
Jamaican: 188
Nigerian: 124
Swedish: 116
Palestinian: 106
French Canadian: 105
Canadian: 93
Northern European: 83
Hungarian: 79
Austrian: 73
Scandinavian: 67
Czech: 67
Danish: 57
Swiss: 55
Kenyan: 52
Bahamian: 51
Portuguese: 45
Yugoslavian: 41
Other Arab: 38
Lithuanian: 38
Arab/Arabic: 37
Czechoslovakian: 32
U.S. Virgin Islander: 31
Celtic: 29
Iranian: 27
Egyptian: 27
Eastern European: 27
Slovak: 25
Romanian: 25
Haitian: 24
Finnish: 23
Ukrainian: 19
Liberian: 19
Armenian: 18
Turkish: 18
Slavic: 16
New Zealander: 16
Slovene: 16
Belgian: 15
Sierra Leonean: 15
Albanian: 15
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 15
Jordanian: 10
Israeli: 9
Serbian: 9
Australian: 9
Latvian: 8
West Indian: 8
Cape Verdean: 8
Bulgarian: 7
Sudanese: 7
British West Indian: 6
Ghanian: 6
Macedonian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (33%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
Germany (4%)
Other Eastern Africa (4%)
India (3%)
Jamaica (3%)
Other Caribbean (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 200980
Northeast: 5129
Midwest: 8017
South: 19793
West: 2923

56% of Birmingham residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alabama.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,262
Nursery to 4th grade: 554
5th and 6th grade: 1,233
7th and 8th grade: 2,256
9th grade: 2,075
10th grade: 2,696
11th grade: 3,089
12th grade, no diploma: 4,366
High school graduate (or equivalency): 19,832
Less than 1 year of college: 3,763
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 11,502
Associate degree: 3,305
Bachelor's degree: 7,881
Master's degree: 2,373
Professional school degree: 1,433
Doctorate degree: 716

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,180
Nursery to 4th grade: 402
5th and 6th grade: 1,499
7th and 8th grade: 2,965
9th grade: 2,318
10th grade: 3,291
11th grade: 3,904
12th grade, no diploma: 4,920
High school graduate (or equivalency): 23,084
Less than 1 year of college: 5,766
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 15,476
Associate degree: 5,542
Bachelor's degree: 10,534
Master's degree: 4,296
Professional school degree: 982
Doctorate degree: 458

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 13.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 16.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 16.2%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 12.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 19.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 29.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 11.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 22.4%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $34,109
Black householders: $23,843
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $27,375
Asian householders: $23,958
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $19,250
Some other race householders: $23,654
Two or more races householders: $24,000
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $24,156

Birmingham household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Birmingham household income for Black or African American householders

Birmingham household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Birmingham household income for Asian householders

Birmingham household income for some other race householders

Birmingham household income for two or more races householders

Birmingham household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Birmingham marital status for males

Birmingham marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $86,200
Black or African American householders: $54,100
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $103,600
Asian householders: $123,100
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $157,700
Some other race householders: $59,100
Two or more races householders: $67,800
Hispanic or Latino householders: $89,500

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 68,465
One, attached: 3,131
Two: 2,812
3 or 4: 5,487
5 to 9: 9,696
10 to 19: 10,078
20 to 49: 5,387
50 or more: 6,621
Mobile homes: 489
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 63

Median worth of mobile homes: $27,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Birmingham:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (80%)
Electricity (19%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (54%)
Electricity (43%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,565

Here:	9.0%
Alabama:	10.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,073

Here:	7.7%
Alabama:	10.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,290

Here:	18.3%
Alabama:	14.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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