What is the population of Chelsea city?

Chelsea city has 15,731 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Chelsea city?

Median household income in Chelsea city is $110,056 a year, 40.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,456 a month and the median home value is $339,400, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chelsea city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Chelsea, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Chelsea, Alabama (Chelsea, AL — Census place “Chelsea city”) is 15,731 residents, ranking #46 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $110,056, the median home is worth $339,400 and median gross rent runs $1,456 a month. Looking for the Chelsea Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Chelsea, AL: 35043.

Population: 15,731Chelsea city residents
Median household income: $110,056Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $339,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,456Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 89.9%Owner-occupied households

Chelsea ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chelsea.

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

35043

What the numbers mean in Chelsea city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chelsea city median would spend about 15.9% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.2% of residents and 89.9% of households own their home.

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

Chelsea city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Chelsea city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 15,731 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #46 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 38.2 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 Chelsea city earn a median of $110,056 a year, 40.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 98% 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 2.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Chelsea city is valued at $339,400, 11.9% above the national figure and 115% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,456 a month, 3.6% above the national figure, or roughly $17,472 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.9% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 89.9% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Chelsea city?: Chelsea city has 15,731 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Chelsea city?: Median household income in Chelsea city is $110,056 a year, 40.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chelsea city?: Median gross rent is $1,456 a month and the median home value is $339,400, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.
Is Chelsea city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chelsea city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Chelsea 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.