City safety & data profile

Alexander CityAL

Alexander City, AL is a 15K-resident city in Tallapoosa County with a median household income of $47,022.

Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Alexander City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Alexander City has a population larger than 26% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $155,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 27%
By size
$47,022
Median income (place)
$155,000
Median home (place)
25.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Alexander City

Alexander City posts a median household income higher than 6% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Alexander City area.

Bottom 7%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Alexander City

Where Alexander City income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$47,022 Bottom 6% higher than 6% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Alexander City $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AL

Population among 65 AL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Huntsville is the largest AL city on this list; Mountain Brook leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AL

Median household income among the same 65-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Mountain Brook posts the highest place-level median income in AL; Huntsville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Alexander City, AL beyond the headline numbers

Alexander City sits inside Tallapoosa County, Alabama, at roughly 32.94°N, -85.95°W. Population 14,718, $47,022 median household income. Median home value $155,000, median rent $721. Poverty rate 25.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Alexander City, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

25.7% of Alexander City, AL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Alexander City costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 4.6% of Alexander City workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 49.1% in Alexander City, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 41.8 years, Alexander City's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Alexander City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
14,718
Alexander City · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,022
-47% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$155,000
-63% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Tallapoosa County): Alexander City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
41K-1%
Median Income
$59,356+52%
Median Home Value
$158,500+67%
Poverty Rate
16.3%-18%
Unemployment
4.9%-57%

Economics

Economics indicators for Alexander City, AL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$721/mo
Poverty Rate
25.7% +107% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.2%
Work From Home 4.6%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 57.4%
African American 30.1%
Asian 1.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
49.1%
Short Sleep Duration
43.4%
Obesity
41.3%
Physical Inactivity
32.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.9%
Current Smoking
17.7%
Diabetes
17.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.6%
Binge Drinking
12.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.5%
Annual Checkup 82.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
9%
Stroke
5.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER
ALEXANDER CITY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Alexander City?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Alexander City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AL-ALEXANDER-CITY · Alexander City

Alexander City: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Alexander City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Alabama state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Alexander City, AL? ▼
Alexander City, AL has a population of 14,718 people, located in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
What is the median household income in Alexander City? ▼
The median household income in Alexander City, AL is $47,022 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 25.7%.
What is the median home value in Alexander City? ▼
The median home value in Alexander City, AL is $155,000. Median rent is $721/month.
What are the top health concerns in Alexander City? ▼
The top health indicators in Alexander City include High Blood Pressure (49.1%), Short Sleep Duration (43.4%), Obesity (41.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Alexander City? ▼
Alexander City has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Alexander City? ▼
The median age in Alexander City, AL is 41.8 years. 20.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Alexander City, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AL (25.7% here).

Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% Harrisonburg, VA 25.7% Huntington, WV 25.7% Harvey, LA 25.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AL ($47,022 here).

Fremont, OH $47,024 Elizabethton, TN $46,975 Fort Pierce, FL $47,072 Salem, OH $47,073

Compare Alexander City with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Sylacauga, AL 13K Talladega, AL 16K Auburn, AL 62K Millbrook, AL 15K Opelika, AL 30K Montgomery, AL 195K Oxford, AL 21K Prattville, AL 35K
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Using Alexander City's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Tallapoosa County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.