Pelham, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Pelham is 5th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Foreign born residents

Pelham is 5th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Pelham is 11th in Alabama out of 104 other cities in Retail sales

Pelham is 11th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Race - Asian

Pelham is 12th in Alabama out of 98 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Pelham is 14th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Income per capita

Pelham is 14th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Income per household

Pelham is 16th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Home ownership rate

Pelham is 16th in Alabama out of 98 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Pelham is 18th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	22,012	26th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	39.0	18th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	547.2	74th	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	26th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.0%	28th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.4%	102nd	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.4%	18th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	37.5%	18th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	81.2%	32nd	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.5%	93rd	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	82nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	11th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	39th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	46th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	5th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.9%	45th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	51.3%	89th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.6%	5th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	8,541	30th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.9%	105th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	7,788	27th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	85.9%	16th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$171,000	19th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	25th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$31,483	14th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$69,167	14th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.2%	98th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Pelham	Rank	Alabama	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,865	16th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$689,600	11th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$33,261	12th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$57,234	24th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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