Mountain Brook, AL (Alabama) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 21,061 (All urban)

Mountain Brook, Alabama Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 8,243 (8,000 occupied: 6,973 owner occupied, 1,027 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	13%
State:	28%

Housing density: 674 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $153,231.

Median contract rent in 2007: $780 (lower quartile is $739, upper quartile is $913)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $775

Median gross rent in Mountain Brook, AL in 2007: $932

Housing units in Mountain Brook with a mortgage: 4,258 (486 second mortgage, 1,095 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,379

Mountain Brook,AL index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $527,582 (it was $332,000 in 2000)

Mountain Brook:	$527,582
Alabama:	$115,600

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $344,374 - $794,057

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $693,448
Here: $693,448
State: $173,037

Townhouses or other attached units: $409,292
Here: $409,292
State: $137,814

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $183,247
Here: $183,247
State: $116,190

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $502,106
Here: $502,106
State: $223,768

Mobile homes: $275,000
Here: $275,000
State: $39,336

Household type by relationship

Households: 20,900

In family households: 18,769 (5,017 male householders, 1,049 female householders)
5,537 spouses, 6,767 children (6,474 natural, 156 adopted, 137 stepchildren), 143 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 67 other relatives, 64 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,131 (585 male householders (515 living alone)), 1,403 female householders (1,306 living alone)), 143 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 83 (6 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,715 2-persons, 1,180 3-persons, 1,289 4-persons, 696 5-persons, 139 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,821 1-person, 167 2-persons.

5,233 married couples with children.
512 single-parent households (88 men, 424 women).

95.0% of residents of Mountain Brook speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 488 (2.3%)
(62.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	9.1
State:	6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mountain Brook, Alabama:
	1 room: 8 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 23 4 rooms: 107 5 rooms: 236 6 rooms: 580 7 rooms: 1,045 8 rooms: 1,336 9 or more rooms: 3,638

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mountain Brook, Alabama:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 9 3 rooms: 219 4 rooms: 329 5 rooms: 298 6 rooms: 55 7 rooms: 69 8 rooms: 19 9 or more rooms: 23

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 85
1995 to 1998: 177
1990 to 1994: 309
1980 to 1989: 818
1970 to 1979: 1,188
1960 to 1969: 1,942
1950 to 1959: 1,785
1940 to 1949: 1,066
1939 or earlier: 873

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mountain Brook:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 26 2 bedrooms: 427 3 bedrooms: 2,228 4 bedrooms: 2,901 5 or more bedrooms: 1,383

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mountain Brook:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 296 2 bedrooms: 548 3 bedrooms: 127 4 bedrooms: 44 5 or more bedrooms: 6

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Mountain Brook in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 112 1 vehicle: 1,425 2 vehicles: 3,474 3 vehicles: 1,404 4 vehicles: 348 5 or more vehicles: 210

Cars and other vehicles available in Mountain Brook in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 39 1 vehicle: 688 2 vehicles: 291 3 vehicles: 9 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Mountain Brook, AL:

Less than $10,000: 6
$10,000 to $14,999: 3
$15,000 to $19,999: 5
$20,000 to $24,999: 4
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 9
$50,000 to $59,999: 4
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 7
$100,000 to $124,999: 48
$125,000 to $149,999: 72
$150,000 to $174,999: 61
$175,000 to $199,999: 77
$200,000 to $249,999: 199
$250,000 to $299,999: 449
$300,000 to $399,999: 1164
$400,000 to $499,999: 1198
$500,000 to $749,999: 1834
$750,000 to $999,999: 666
$1,000,000 or more: 1321

Mountain Brook rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Mountain Brook:

Less than $100: 8 people
$100 to $149: 3
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 0
$450 to $499: 24
$500 to $549: 31
$550 to $599: 29
$600 to $649: 58
$650 to $699: 121
$700 to $749: 130
$750 to $799: 111
$800 to $899: 166
$900 to $999: 99
$1,000 to $1,249: 88
$1,250 to $1,499: 22
$1,500 to $1,999: 28
$2,000 or more: 28
No cash rent: 103

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 56 1990 to 1994: 28 1985 to 1989: 44 1980 to 1984: 64 1975 to 1979: 84 1970 to 1974: 73 1970 to 1974: 53 1965 to 1969: 86

Mountain Brook, AL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.6%
Number of people working at home: 338 (3.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 220
5 to 9 minutes: 903
10 to 14 minutes: 2377
15 to 19 minutes: 2196
20 to 24 minutes: 1577
25 to 29 minutes: 454
30 to 34 minutes: 655
35 to 39 minutes: 63
40 to 44 minutes: 49
45 to 59 minutes: 78
60 to 89 minutes: 47
90 or more minutes: 108

Mountain Brook mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,318 (92%)
Carpooled: 298 (3%)
Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 26 (0%)
Walked: 29 (0%)
Other means: 47 (1%)
Worked at home: 338 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 210
$10,000 to $14,999: 186
$15,000 to $19,999: 171
$20,000 to $24,999: 200
$25,000 to $29,999: 245
$30,000 to $34,999: 241
$35,000 to $39,999: 288
$40,000 to $44,999: 234
$45,000 to $49,999: 160
$50,000 to $59,999: 530
$60,000 to $74,999: 570
$75,000 to $99,999: 974
$100,000 to $124,999: 755
$125,000 to $149,999: 608
$150,000 to $199,999: 825
$200,000 or more: 1857

First ancestries reported:

English: 4858

United States or American: 1854

Other groups: 1606

German: 1196

Irish: 1049

Scotch-Irish: 1021

Scottish: 974

Italian: 549

European: 415

French (except Basque): 336

Russian: 276

British: 233

Greek: 205

Polish: 179

Norwegian: 168

Welsh: 151

Arab:: 113

Eastern European: 106

Dutch: 103

Lithuanian: 96

Swiss: 73

Subsaharan African:: 60

Austrian: 56

Lebanese: 52

Czech: 52

French Canadian: 52

Celtic: 51

Turkish: 48

Northern European: 38

South African: 38

Canadian: 36

Ukrainian: 29

Syrian: 27

Slovak: 24

Latvian: 23

African: 22

Swedish: 20

Hungarian: 19

Romanian: 19

Danish: 16

Finnish: 15

Palestinian: 14

Arab/Arabic: 13

Slavic: 12

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 10

Czechoslovakian: 10

Scandinavian: 9

Egyptian: 7

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

Canada (11%)
United Kingdom (8%)
South Africa (7%)
Turkey (7%)
Taiwan (7%)
Korea (6%)
India (6%)

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

This state: 14087
Northeast: 939
Midwest: 1072
South: 3973
West: 272

68% of Mountain Brook residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Alabama.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 17
9th grade: 8
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 14
12th grade, no diploma: 13
High school graduate (or equivalency): 172
Less than 1 year of college: 127
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 550
Associate degree: 58
Bachelor's degree: 2,658
Master's degree: 916
Professional school degree: 1,689
Doctorate degree: 281

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 35
9th grade: 10
10th grade: 13
11th grade: 19
12th grade, no diploma: 51
High school graduate (or equivalency): 540
Less than 1 year of college: 193
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,110
Associate degree: 253
Bachelor's degree: 3,431
Master's degree: 1,278
Professional school degree: 492
Doctorate degree: 110

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 0.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 0.4%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 14.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $126,207
Asian householders: $299,770
Some other race householders: $27,998
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $152,563

Mountain Brook household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Mountain Brook household income for Asian householders

Mountain Brook household income for Some other race householders

Mountain Brook household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Mountain Brook marital status for males

Mountain Brook marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $533,620
Asian householders: $618,002
Some other race householders: $19,863
Hispanic or Latino householders: $822,996

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,855
One, attached: 276
Two: 47
3 or 4: 381
5 to 9: 195
10 to 19: 141
20 to 49: 147
50 or more: 193
Mobile homes: 8

Median worth of mobile homes: $334,935

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Mountain Brook:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (85%) Electricity (14%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (69%) Electricity (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Other fuel (3%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 282

Here:	10.0%
Alabama:	10.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 129

Here:	9.7%
Alabama:	10.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 174

Here:	33.3%
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 (Noninst.)

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