Pike County, Alabama

Pike County has a population of 32,987 and has grown 2.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $157,600, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $48,677.

Home price
$157,600
Income
$48,677
Population
32,987
Unemployment
3.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$157,600county
Median gross rent$856county
Median year homes here were built1986county
Share of homes built before 198041.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile21.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant23.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented38.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,022county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$912county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$695county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,093county
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$48,677county
Family health premium / yr$23,986(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$7,871(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.632(statewide)
Poverty rate23.3%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 home5.3%county
Unemployment rate3.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.8%county
Share of workers employed by government19.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.6%county
Economic output per resident$62,647county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.27%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 time20.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service43 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport39339county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.4 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 station129 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.7%county
Traffic deaths69.7county
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 higher28.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.6%county
Public schools in the county8county
Public school enrollment3951county
Students per full-time teacher17.1county
Free lunch eligible68.3%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools1county
High schools3county
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 institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians42county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year23.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year18.0%county
Frequent mental distress20.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.1%county

Place

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

Population32,987county
Land area in square miles672county
People per square mile of land49.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store6.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+2.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age31.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.6%county
Share of households that are one person33.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.6%county
Second languages4.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents255county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents12county
Households that moved in843county
Households that moved away937county
Average income of arriving households$44,617county
Average income of departing households$42,778county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year27county
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 temperature65.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.7 incounty
Annual snowfall4.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.68 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F73 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing40 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days246 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 12county
Average first fall frostNov 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$158county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh15.1¢county
Household electricity use1,045 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.17(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity79.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas14.1%county
Homes heated by propane4.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband81.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk47.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk51.4county
Landslide risk64.0county
Hail risk24.7county
Earthquake risk57.0county
Tornado risk57.7county
Tropical cyclone risk83.6county
Extreme heat risk76.3county
Winter weather risk11.0county
Strong wind risk50.5county
Wildfire risk33.9county

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 Pike 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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