What is the population of Boaz city?

Boaz city has 10,847 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #62 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Boaz city?

Median household income in Boaz city is $49,962 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $645 a month and the median home value is $158,200, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Boaz city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Boaz, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Boaz, Alabama (Boaz, AL — Census place “Boaz city”) is 10,847 residents, ranking #62 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $49,962, the median home is worth $158,200 and median gross rent runs $645 a month. Looking for the Boaz Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Boaz, AL: 35957.

Population: 10,847Boaz city residents
Median household income: $49,962Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $158,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $645Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.2%Owner-occupied households

Boaz ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Boaz.

The Boaz AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

35957

What the numbers mean in Boaz city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Boaz city median would spend about 15.5% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.2% of residents and 66.2% of households own their home.

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

Boaz city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Boaz city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 10,847 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #62 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 34.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Boaz city earn a median of $49,962 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% below the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 20.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Boaz city is valued at $158,200, 47.9% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $645 a month, 54.1% below the national figure, or roughly $7,740 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.5% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Boaz city?: Boaz city has 10,847 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #62 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Boaz city?: Median household income in Boaz city is $49,962 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Boaz city?: Median gross rent is $645 a month and the median home value is $158,200, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.
Is Boaz city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Boaz city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Boaz 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.