Crenshaw County, Alabama

Crenshaw County has a population of 13,122 and has shrunk 0.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $114,000, about 2.4 times the county's median household income of $48,560.

Home price
$114,000
Income
$48,560
Population
13,122
Unemployment
5.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$114,000county
Median gross rent$661county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198046.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile24.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant20.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,418(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$776county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$591county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$930county
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$48,560county
Family health premium / yr$23,986(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$7,871(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.632(statewide)
Poverty rate17.9%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 home2.8%county
Unemployment rate5.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force51.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.4%county
Share of workers employed by government15.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.3%county
Economic output per resident$46,216county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.32%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 time31.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service39 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport193746county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.2 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 station124 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.3%county
Traffic deaths114.3county
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 higher18.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.0%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment2063county
Students per full-time teacher15.6county
Free lunch eligible65.9%county
Elementary schools0county
Middle schools0county
High schools0county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution20 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians23county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.5%county
Frequent mental distress19.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.8%county

Place

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

Population13,122county
Land area in square miles609county
People per square mile of land21.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store4.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age42.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.2%county
Share of households that are one person35.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.8%county
Second languages2.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls61.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents470county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in319county
Households that moved away280county
Average income of arriving households$42,313county
Average income of departing households$39,882county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year4county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings19.2%(statewide)
Violent crime rate360(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature65.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation48.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.68 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F74 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing43 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days248 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 12county
Average first fall frostNov 14county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$189county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh16.6¢county
Household electricity use1,129 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.17(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity69.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas13.4%county
Homes heated by propane15.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.5%county
Homes heated by wood0.6%county
Households with broadband69.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk33.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk36.4county
Landslide risk41.1county
Hail risk14.6county
Earthquake risk36.3county
Tornado risk63.2county
Tropical cyclone risk84.6county
Extreme heat risk48.4county
Winter weather risk5.6county
Strong wind risk37.5county
Wildfire risk25.2county

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 Crenshaw 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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