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Demographics

People

Total Population	959
Male Share of the Population	46.5%
Female Share of the Population	53.5%
Senior Citizens	16%
Employed Population 16+	293
Age of the Population	38

Families

% of people married	52.6%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	17.2%
Median Earnings25+	$27,500
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,957

Wealth

Median Family Income	$43,409
% Above Poverty Level	66.6%
% Below Poverty Level	33.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	20 minutes
% Working from Home	3.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	34.1%
Median Gross Rent	$367
Median House Value	$96,700

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	32.4%
Italian	5.9%
English	5.6%
German	5.4%
Irish	3.4%
Ukrainian	0.6%
Norwegian	0.4%
Welsh	0.3%
Slovak	0.3%
Scottish	0.3%
Polish	0.2%
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Section Almanac

Category	Value
County	Jackson County
Standard Zip Codes	35771
Phone Area Codes	256
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	34.58
Approximate Longitude	-85.98

Section Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	SCOTTSBORO
Distance	15.7 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 50 F
Apr Temp	45 to 72 F
Jul Temp	67 to 90 F
Oct Temp	46 to 74 F
Annual Precip	58.6 inches

Station	VALLEY HEAD
Distance	21.1 miles
Jan Temp	26 to 48 F
Apr Temp	42 to 70 F
Jul Temp	65 to 88 F
Oct Temp	44 to 72 F
Annual Precip	58.3 inches

Station	BRIDGEPORT 5 NW
Distance	29.9 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 48 F
Apr Temp	44 to 72 F
Jul Temp	66 to 89 F
Oct Temp	46 to 72 F
Annual Precip	62.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Dutton	411	$58,125
Fyffe	1,357	$51,477
Hollywood	1,088	$47,171
Langston	216	$47,708
Rainsville	5,018	$38,306
Scottsboro	14,527	$55,887

Section Public Schools

Macedonia Sch
196 County Road 49
ZIP: 35771
Primary
Total Enrollment 167

Section High Sch
141 Al Highway 71
ZIP: 35771
Other
Total Enrollment 550

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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