Elkmont, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Elkmont town is a very small community in Alabama, with 327 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #464 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 21% of them. The median age here is 47 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Elkmont town earn a median of $47,500 a year, 39.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Elkmont town is valued at $219,200, 27.8% below the national figure and 39% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $423 a month, 69.9% below the national figure, or roughly $5,076 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 10.7% 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 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 62.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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.

With 327 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Elkmont town against its county rather than against national figures.

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.