What is the population of Creola city?

Creola city has 2,489 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #201 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Creola city?

Median household income in Creola city is $68,594 a year, 12.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,042 a month and the median home value is $187,500, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.

Is Creola 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 Creola city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Creola, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Creola, Alabama (Creola, AL — Census place “Creola city”) is 2,489 residents, ranking #201 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $68,594, the median home is worth $187,500 and median gross rent runs $1,042 a month. Looking for the Creola Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Creola, AL: 36525.

Population: 2,489Creola city residents
Median household income: $68,594Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $187,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,042Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85.1%Owner-occupied households

Creola ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Creola.

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

36525

What the numbers mean in Creola city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Creola city median would spend about 18.2% 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 23.9% of residents and 85.1% of households own their home.

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

Creola city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Creola city is a small town in Alabama, with 2,489 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #201 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 34.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Creola city earn a median of $68,594 a year, 12.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% above 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 23.9% 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 Creola city is valued at $187,500, 38.2% below the national figure and 19% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,042 a month, 25.9% below the national figure, or roughly $12,504 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% 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. 85.1% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Creola city?: Creola city has 2,489 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #201 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Creola city?: Median household income in Creola city is $68,594 a year, 12.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Creola city?: Median gross rent is $1,042 a month and the median home value is $187,500, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
Is Creola 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 Creola city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Creola city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.