Autauga County, Alabama

Autauga County has a population of 59,947 and has grown 5.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $207,200, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $72,481.

Home price
$207,200
Income
$72,481
Population
59,947
Unemployment
2.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$207,200county
Median gross rent$1,263county
Median year homes here were built1994county
Share of homes built before 198034.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile16.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,845county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,016county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$870county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,304county
Home insurance / yr$3,633(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.6(statewide)
Median household income$72,481county
Family health premium / yr$23,986(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$7,871(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.632(statewide)
Poverty rate11.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.7%county
Unemployment rate2.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.8%county
Share of workers employed by government20.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry18.8%county
Economic output per resident$37,557county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.30%county
Top state income tax5.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.46%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time27.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service15 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport193746county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station72 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.1%county
Traffic deaths43.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.0(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher29.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.3%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment8661county
Students per full-time teacher17.5county
Free lunch eligible45.3%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools3county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution15 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians44county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter9.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.3%county
Frequent mental distress17.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population59,947county
Land area in square miles594county
People per square mile of land101.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store16.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract5.8%county
Population change since 2020+5.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age39.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.3%county
Share of households that are one person27.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.6%county
Second languages3.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents187county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in2,148county
Households that moved away1,920county
Average income of arriving households$64,615county
Average income of departing households$61,619county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year200county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate360(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature65.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.5 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.59 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F68 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing43 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8a(statewide)
Frost-free days267 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 5county
Average first fall frostNov 27county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$191county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh16.7¢county
Household electricity use1,146 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.17(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity57.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas33.8%county
Homes heated by propane7.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband93.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk65.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk45.6county
Landslide risk73.5county
Hail risk44.3county
Earthquake risk67.8county
Tornado risk74.1county
Tropical cyclone risk72.1county
Extreme heat risk85.9county
Winter weather risk9.0county
Strong wind risk51.7county
Wildfire risk45.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Autauga County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Alabama figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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