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SheetAL-ANDALUSIA-AL · Andalusia, AL 8,841 pop · income 16th pct · 14 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Andalusia
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Andalusia on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tuskegee · lowest
38,160
Tuskegee · lowest
38,160 median HH income
26.2% of the leader · rank #1
Andalusia · this city
47,500
Andalusia · this city
47,500 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #2
Alpena · near
47,500
Alpena · near
47,500 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #3
Portland · near
47,500
Portland · near
47,500 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #4
Brooklet · near
47,500
Brooklet · near
47,500 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #5
Chester · near
47,500
Chester · near
47,500 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #6
Meadowbrook · highest
145,464
Meadowbrook · highest
145,464 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Andalusia on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 8,841.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Andalusia - the verdict
Nationally, Andalusia sits in the 16th percentile for household income and the 6th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
16th
percentile, household income
29th
percentile, home value
1st
percentile, median rent
6th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Andalusia, AL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 8,841 residents in Andalusia, a small town within Alabama. Andalusia households earn a median of $47,500 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 17.6%. Andalusia's housing stock carries a median value of $156,000, and the median resident age is 39.4 years. About 25.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 49.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 8 residential building permits were authorized in Andalusia (Construction Slowdown), down 87% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Andalusia's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 4333.6 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, above the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 64.9°F with 60.3 inches of precipitation per year and 0.3 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Alabama run below the national norm: the state registers 88.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $936 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $245 across Alabama, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 61.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Andalusia's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from within-city variation to population change to reported crime to schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Andalusia, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Within-city variation
What can 14 Census tracts reveal inside Andalusia?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 14 Census tracts to this city.
Is Andalusia growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -74 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 8 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Andalusia?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 4333.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 90% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Andalusia?
Within Alabama, the closest population matches are Clanton (8,862 residents, $49,952 income); Guntersville (8,771 residents, $67,448 income); Meadowbrook (8,939 residents, $145,464 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Thief River Falls, MN (8,841 residents); Pearsall, TX (8,841 residents); Panthersville, GA (8,840 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Andalusia?
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 25.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
7
Bachelor's degree+
25.2%
Poverty estimate
17.6%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Andalusia?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 17.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$47,500
Home value
$156,000
Value / income
3.3×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Andalusia?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
3.4%
Drive alone
85.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 3,457 workers age 16+.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 64.9°F, with 60.3 inches of precipitation and 0.3 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Alabama is 61.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
64.9°F
Annual precipitation
60.3 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
61.5
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share D
25.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
17.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$47,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
668 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Andalusia profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 90/100 (A+) · 88.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 49/100 (D) · 25.2%
Poverty rate: 18/100 (F) · 17.6%
Household income: 17/100 (F) · $47,500
Violent crime: 7/100 (F) · 668 /100k
Where Andalusia sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Andalusia's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Andalusia highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Andalusia, AL (this city): home $156,000, crime 4,334/100k
Thief River Falls, MN : home $169,300, crime 1,486/100k
Pearsall, TX : home $107,300, crime 1,122/100k
Pitman, NJ : home $258,400, crime 308/100k
Clanton, AL : home $158,200, crime 3,622/100k
Guntersville, AL : home $293,500, crime 2,777/100k
Tuskegee, AL : home $98,500, crime 2,645/100k
Tuscumbia, AL : home $166,400, crime 510/100k
Arab, AL : home $196,700, crime 3,806/100k
How does Andalusia compare to other US cities?
Andalusia measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income16% higher than other cities
Home value29% pricier than other cities
Median rent1% pricier than other cities
Safety6% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Alabama and the picture shifts: Andalusia ranks #207 of 222 Alabama cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Andalusia against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alabama only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alabama-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Andalusia near the bottom of Alabama's cities
Among the 556 Alabama cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Andalusia ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Andalusia only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#323 of 530
39th percentile in Alabama
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 556
0th percentile in Alabama
Median Home Value
#220 of 517
57th percentile in Alabama
Poverty Rate
#150 of 556
72nd percentile in Alabama
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#121 of 556
78th percentile in Alabama
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alabama only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
16th percentile nationally for median household income · 6th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Andalusia's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Andalusia's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Andalusia's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$156,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 71% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Andalusia's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,049 of 15,516
More affordable than 48% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,595 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Andalusia sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,049 of 15,516 and #6,595 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$47,500Andalusia, AL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Andalusia, AL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Andalusia, AL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,841
Median Income
$47,500
Median Home Value
$156,000
Median Age
39.4
Poverty Rate
17.6%
Labor force participation
49.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
4333.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
667.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3666.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
64.9°F
Annual Precipitation
60.3"
Annual Snowfall
0.3"
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Andalusia's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,837 residents
2021
8,797 residents
2022
8,748 residents
2023
8,808 residents
2024
8,786 residents
2025
8,763 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
8
housing units authorized
Single-Family
8
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
63
7
56
$8.6M
2020
4
4
0
$0.7M
2021
3
3
0
$0.8M
2022
7
7
0
$1.8M
2023
6
6
0
$2.0M
2024
8
8
0
$2.2M
Permit volume decreased 87% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
85.1%
Carpool
10.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
3.4%
Based on 3,457 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alabama statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $245
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alabama at $245 (electricity about $138 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alabama statewide averages, not a meter reading for Andalusia. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alabama's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Andalusia is $936/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alabama statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 61.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alabama statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Andalusia sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Andalusia compares to similar-size Alabama cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.