Housing units in zip code 35903 with a mortgage: 2,977 (296 second mortgage, 315 home equity loan, 611 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,094
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $933
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $319
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
28.6%
Whole state:
17.4%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 35903: Pennys Crossroads (A), Austin R Meadows Library (B), East Gadsden Community Center (C), Gadsden Steam Plant (D), Wallace Hall (E), Fowler Hall (F), Allen Hall (G), Browder Hall (H), Naylor Hall (I), Beck Field House (J), Bevill Hall (K), Helderman Hall (L), Gadsen Etowah Emergency Medical Services (M), Hokes Bluff Volunteer Fire Department (N), Gadsden Fire Department Station 9 (O), Gadsden Fire Department Training Facility (P), Ball Play Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 (Q). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 35903 include: Paden Church (A), New Bethel Congregational Methodist Church (B), Liberty Methodist Church (C), Sims Chapel Primitive Baptist Church (D), Union Missionary Baptist Church (E), Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church (F), Bachelors Chapel Baptist Church (G), Ford Valley Church (H), Welcome Missionary Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Crestwood Memorial Cemetery (1), Mount Tabor Cemetery (2), New Bethel Cemetery (3), Tillison Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Thornton Number 5 Lake (A), Thorton Lakes (B), Thornton Number 4 Lake (C), Goodyear Lake (D), Thornton Number 6 Lake (E), Thornton Number 1 Lake (F), Thornton Number 2 Lake (G), Thornton Number 3 Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dry Creek (A), Cove Creek (B), Coal Creek (C), Hollow Rock Branch (D), Ballplay Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Year house built
2005 or later: 482
2000 to 2004: 324
1990 to 1999: 891
1980 to 1989: 1,084
1970 to 1979: 1,834
1960 to 1969: 1,514
1950 to 1959: 2,208
1940 to 1949: 3,046
1939 or earlier: 631
Estimated household income distribution in 2009:
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 35903:
Less than $10,000: 81
$10,000 to $14,999: 134
$15,000 to $19,999: 238
$20,000 to $24,999: 217
$25,000 to $29,999: 4,143
$30,000 to $34,999: 228
$35,000 to $39,999: 1,727
$40,000 to $49,999: 632
$50,000 to $59,999: 304
$60,000 to $69,999: 983
$70,000 to $79,999: 524
$80,000 to $89,999: 477
$90,000 to $99,999: 783
$100,000 to $124,999: 783
$125,000 to $149,999: 340
$150,000 to $174,999: 370
$175,000 to $199,999: 269
$200,000 to $249,999: 410
$250,000 to $299,999: 929
$300,000 to $399,999: 229
$400,000 to $499,999: 98
$500,000 to $749,999: 38
$750,000 to $999,999: 376
$1,000,000 or more: 279
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 35903:
Less than $100: 3,466
$100 to $149: 1,359
$150 to $199: 2,164
$200 to $249: 1,587
$250 to $299: 261
$300 to $349: 1,387
$350 to $399: 598
$400 to $449: 840
$450 to $499: 1,034
$500 to $549: 583
$550 to $599: 2,940
$600 to $649: 417
$650 to $699: 401
$700 to $749: 4,084
$750 to $799: 169
$800 to $899: 409
$900 to $999: 18,739
$1,500 to $1,999: 3,083
No cash rent: 426
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $290,610.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $99,398
Black or African American householders: $56,546
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $110,442
Asian householders: $40,495
Two or more races householders: $71,861
Hispanic or Latino householders: $105,582
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $85,998
35903:
$85,998
Alabama:
$121,800
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $56,883 - $127,655
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $84,262
Here:
$84,262
State:
$176,221
Mobile homes: $37,242
Here:
$37,242
State:
$55,815
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,477
One, attached: 197
Two: 3,242
3 or 4: 2,963
5 to 9: 7,390
10 to 19: 3,878
20 to 49: 572
50 or more: 1,830
Mobile homes: 549
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 6,377 (85%)
Carpooled: 990 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,849 (25%)
Motorcycle: 396 (5%)
Walked: 1,504 (20%)
Other means: 781 (10%)
Worked at home: 173 (2%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 646
5 to 9 minutes: 1,613
10 to 14 minutes: 1,770
15 to 19 minutes: 1,383
20 to 24 minutes: 667
25 to 29 minutes: 356
30 to 34 minutes: 624
35 to 39 minutes: 74
40 to 44 minutes: 312
45 to 59 minutes: 459
60 to 89 minutes: 262
90 or more minutes: 298
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 80.8%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,474
In family households: 15,675 (3,882 male householders, 1,364 female householders)
3,662 spouses, 5,105 children (4,442 natural, 181 adopted, 482 stepchildren), 595 grandchildren, 197 brothers or sisters, 103 parents, 408 other relatives, 359 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,799 (940 male householders (820 living alone)), 1,571 female householders (1,439 living alone)), 288 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 116 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,441 2-persons, 1,495 3-persons, 807 4-persons, 374 5-persons, 258 6-persons, 103 7-or-more-persons
2,029 married couples with children.
2,211 single-parent households (249 men, 1,962 women).
94.6% of residents of 35903 zip code speak English at home.
214.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% very well, 35% well, 16% not well, 9% not at all).
8.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% very well, 17% well).
69.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (2% very well, 8% well, 90% not well).
55.2% of residents speak other language at home (2% very well, 98% not at all).
Foreign born population: 2,926 (14.9%) (3.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
14.9%
Whole state:
3.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Guatemala (31%)
Mexico (15%)
Germany (12%)
Colombia (6%)
Syria (5%)
Micronesia (5%)
Indonesia (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 430
1990 to 1999: 549
1980 to 1989: 1,027
Before 1980: 139
Races in zip code 35903:
White population: 11,152 Black population: 35,353 American Indian population: 3,083 Asian population: 1,696 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 22 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 656 Hispanic or Latino population: 15,998
Public primary/middle school in zip code 35903 not listed on the city page:
DONEHOO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 243; Location: 1109 E BROAD ST, GADSDEN, AL; Grades: PK - 05)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY PLANT GADSDEN (1000 GOODYEAR AVENUE in GADSDEN, AL)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR PROGRAM (Clean Air Markets Division Business System) SUPERFUND (Superfund database) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC SERVICES Business NAICS classification: FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION. Alternative names: ALABAMA POWER CO-GADSDEN STEAM PLT, ALABAMA POWER - GADSDEN STEAM PLANT, AL POWER CO GADSDEN STEAM PLT, ALABAMA POWER CO. GADSDEN STEAM PLANT, ALA POWER-GADSDEN
EQUITY GROUP/ALABAMA DIVISION (507 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY in GADSDEN, AL)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING Business NAICS classification: POULTRY PROCESSING.; POULTRY PROCESSING. Organizations: KEYSTONE FOODS LLC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: KEYSTONE FOODS INC, KEYSTONE FOODS LLC, KEYSTONE FOODS LLC DBA EQUITY GROUP AL
OSCAR W ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (919 RALEY ST in GADSDEN, AL)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-0085 Organizations: GADSDEN CITY (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
LITCHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL (1109 HOKE ST in GADSDEN, AL)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-0180 Organizations: GADSDEN CITY (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
OIL SPILL (YOUNG OIL, INC.) (3453 HIGHWAY 278 E in HOKES BLUFF, AL)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-04-2004-5050, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
MID SOUTH ELECTRONICS INC (2620 EAST MEIGHAN BOULEVARD in GADSDEN, AL)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Business NAICS classification: PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY (ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY) MANUFACTURING. Organizations: MID SOUTH INDUSTRIES INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: MID SOUTH ELECTRONICS INC.
RONNIE WATKINS FORD INC (101 GEORGE WALLACE DRIVE in GADSDEN, AL)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION REPAIR.; OTHER AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.; AUTOMOTIVE OIL CHANGE AND LUBRICATION SHOPS.
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS #9210 (301 GEORGE WALLACE DRIVE in GADSDEN, AL)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
ALABAMA OIL CO GODFREYS GROCER (5790 HIGHWAY 278 in HOKES BLUFF, AL)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS Organizations: ALABAMA OIL GODFREYS GROCERY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ALABAMA OIL GODFREYS GROCERY
ALVIN'S KWICK SERVICE CENTER (2805 EAST MEIGHAN BLVD in GADSDEN, AL)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CO LP (204 GADSDEN INDUSTRIAL PKWY in GADSDEN, AL)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: ROLLINS LEASING CORP-372
PIERSON CHEVROLET (413 EAST MEIGHAN BOULEVARD in GADSDEN, AL)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.; AUTOMOTIVE BODY, PAINT, AND INTERIOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, GARY D KILPATRICK (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 34.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 6.0%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (40%)
Electricity (40%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
Wood (5%)
Other fuel (2%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
No fuel used (2%)
Population in 1990: 20,057. Population change in the 1990s: -1,329 (-6.6%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 15,312
Northeast: 332
Midwest: 496
South: 1,662
West: 303
59% of the 35903 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alabama.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 597
Here:
21.0%
Alabama:
10.6%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 381
Here:
22.9%
Alabama:
10.8%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 270
Here:
21.2%
Alabama:
15.5%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
SINGLETON PLUMBING, INC (224 HOKE STREET in GADSDEN, AL; small business) : $293,554 in 9 contractsfrom 1999 to 2004
Contracts for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Utilities, Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Restoration of real property, Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Non-Building Facilities, Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Miscellaneous Buildings, and moreby Air Force, EPA, Army, Department of Veterans Affairs, and others Signed by year:2000: $291,400; 2001: $-114,582; 2002: $4,000; 2003: $63,740; 2004: $6,600; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$291,400 with Air Force for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Utilities. Taking place in GA. Signed on 2000-09-27. Completion date: 2000-09-27.
$71,000 with EPA for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Restoration of real property. Taking place in NC. Signed on 2001-12-15. Completion date: 2002-03-15.
$63,740 with Air Force for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Non-Building Facilities. Signed on 2003-09-30. Completion date: 2004-03-31.
$42,396 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Miscellaneous Buildings. Taking place in KY. Signed on 1999-10-28. Completion date: 1999-12-15.
HUBERT ALFORD CONSTRUCTION INC (1971 APPALACHIAN RD in GADSDEN, AL; small business) : $30,378 in 2 contractsfrom 2001 to 2002
$19,890 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Office Buildings. Signed on 2001-07-20. Completion date: 2001-10-15.
$10,488, same as above.Signed on 2002-02-25. Completion date: 2002-03-31.
Gadsden Regional Medical Center (1007 GOODYEAR AVENUE in Gadsden, al)
$16,456 with Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System for Other Medical Services. Signed on 2006-01-25. Effective on 2006-01-26. Completion date: 2006-01-26.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment)