Lee County, Alabama

Lee County has a population of 181,134 and has grown 8.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $262,200, about 4.0 times the county's median household income of $65,824.

Home price
$262,200
Income
$65,824
Population
181,134
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$262,200county
Median gross rent$1,058county
Median year homes here were built1997county
Share of homes built before 198023.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile14.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,728county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,181county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,077county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,494county
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$65,824county
Family health premium / yr$23,986(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$7,871(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.632(statewide)
Poverty rate18.9%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 home9.5%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government21.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.4%county
Economic output per resident$51,205county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.48%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 time22.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service25 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport63422county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.6 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 station78 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.8%county
Traffic deaths38.6county
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 higher42.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.1%county
Public schools in the county38county
Public school enrollment24812county
Students per full-time teacher16.1county
Free lunch eligible47.5%county
Elementary schools25county
Middle schools7county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution7.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians50county
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 insurance8.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.0%county
Frequent mental distress20.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.5%county

Place

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

Population181,134county
Land area in square miles608county
People per square mile of land298.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores21county
Convenience stores12county
Share living far from a food store28.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract16.2%county
Population change since 2020+8.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age34.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.3%county
Share of households that are one person31.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.0%county
Second languages8.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls35.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents111county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in5,288county
Households that moved away5,128county
Average income of arriving households$69,121county
Average income of departing households$57,043county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes20county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,575county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings1.5%county
Violent crime rate360(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature64.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.61 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F52 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing43 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days240 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 18county
Average first fall frostNov 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$172county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh14.7¢county
Household electricity use1,143 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.17(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity77.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas17.5%county
Homes heated by propane3.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband88.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk84.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk79.4county
Landslide risk43.4county
Hail risk72.6county
Earthquake risk81.7county
Tornado risk75.7county
Tropical cyclone risk82.2county
Extreme heat risk92.0county
Winter weather risk31.4county
Strong wind risk78.3county
Wildfire risk72.4county

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 teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Lee 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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