What is the population of Alabaster city?

Alabaster city has 33,633 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #15 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Alabaster city?

Median household income in Alabaster city is $90,163 a year, 14.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alabaster city?

Median gross rent is $1,375 a month and the median home value is $242,600, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Alabaster city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alabaster city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Alabaster, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Alabaster, Alabama (Alabaster, AL — Census place “Alabaster city”) is 33,633 residents, ranking #15 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $90,163, the median home is worth $242,600 and median gross rent runs $1,375 a month. Looking for the Alabaster Alabama ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Alabaster, AL: 35007, 35114.

Population: 33,633Alabaster city residents
Median household income: $90,163Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $242,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,375Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 86.5%Owner-occupied households

Alabaster ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Alabaster.

The Alabaster AL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Alabaster city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Alabaster city median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.3% of residents and 86.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Alabaster city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Alabaster city is a small city in Alabama, with 33,633 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #15 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Alabaster city earn a median of $90,163 a year, 14.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 62% above the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Alabaster city is valued at $242,600, 20% below the national figure and 53% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,375 a month, 2.2% below the national figure, or roughly $16,500 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 86.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Alabaster city?: Alabaster city has 33,633 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #15 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Alabaster city?: Median household income in Alabaster city is $90,163 a year, 14.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alabaster city?: Median gross rent is $1,375 a month and the median home value is $242,600, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Alabaster city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alabaster city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Alabaster city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.