City safety & data profile

JasperAL

Jasper, AL is a 14K-resident city in Walker County with a median household income of $66,238.

Walker County, Alabama. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Jasper, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Jasper has a population larger than 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $215,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 24%
By size
$66,238
Median income (place)
$215,700
Median home (place)
15.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Jasper

Jasper posts a median household income higher than 31% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Jasper area.

Bottom 32%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Jasper

Where Jasper income ranks nationally

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

$66,238 Bottom 31% higher than 31% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Jasper $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 Jasper, AL beyond the headline numbers

Jasper sits inside Walker County, Alabama, at roughly 33.83°N, -87.28°W. Population 14,071, $66,238 median household income. Median home value $215,700, median rent $721. Poverty rate 15.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Poverty in Jasper, AL stands at 15.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

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

Only 3.4% of Jasper 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: 44.2% in Jasper, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Jasper 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)
14,071
Jasper · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$66,238
-26% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$215,700
-48% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Walker County): Jasper'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
65K-3%
Median Income
$56,509+50%
Median Home Value
$135,900+66%
Poverty Rate
18.5%-11%
Unemployment
4.9%-66%

Economics

Economics indicators for Jasper, AL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$721/mo
Poverty Rate
15.9% +28% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.2%
Work From Home 3.4%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 79.9%
African American 13.3%
Asian 0.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
44.2%
Short Sleep Duration
41.6%
Obesity
35.3%
Physical Inactivity
30.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.1%
Current Smoking
15.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.6%
Diabetes
15%
Binge Drinking
13.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.5%
Annual Checkup 81.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.2%
Stroke
4.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
JASPER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Jasper?

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

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Sheet AL-JASPER-AL · Jasper

Jasper: 13 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 13 on record
  • WX-LED 62% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria

Tagged alert mix: Jasper

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 13 tagged notices on record for Jasper.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (13 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Victoria, TX 13 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Jasper, AL? ▼
Jasper, AL has a population of 14,071 people, located in Walker County, Alabama.
What is the median household income in Jasper? ▼
The median household income in Jasper, AL is $66,238 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.9%.
What is the median home value in Jasper? ▼
The median home value in Jasper, AL is $215,700. Median rent is $721/month.
What are the top health concerns in Jasper? ▼
The top health indicators in Jasper include High Blood Pressure (44.2%), Short Sleep Duration (41.6%), Obesity (35.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Jasper? ▼
Jasper has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Jasper? ▼
The median age in Jasper, AL is 35.7 years. 28.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AL (15.9% here).

Wichita, KS 15.9% Ceres, CA 15.9% Cleveland Heights, OH 15.9% Hazelwood, MO 15.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AL ($66,238 here).

Fort Carson, CO $66,237 Indianapolis, IN $66,219 Tupelo, MS $66,257 Green Bay, WI $66,206

Compare Jasper with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Pleasant Grove, AL 10K Forestdale, AL 10K Hueytown, AL 16K Gardendale, AL 14K Fairfield, AL 11K Bessemer, AL 27K Cullman, AL 15K Birmingham, AL 196K
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Using Jasper's profile

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

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Jasper area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Jasper against Alabama peers on any ranking lens. Explore Alabama

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 (Walker 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.