What is the population of Florala town?

Florala town has 1,841 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #234 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Florala town?

Median household income in Florala town is $34,857 a year, 55.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Florala town?

Median gross rent is $581 a month and the median home value is $81,000, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Florala town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Florala town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Florala, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Florala, Alabama (Florala, AL — Census place “Florala town”) is 1,841 residents, ranking #234 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $34,857, the median home is worth $81,000 and median gross rent runs $581 a month. Looking for the Florala Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Florala, AL: 36442.

Population: 1,841Florala town residents
Median household income: $34,857Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $81,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $581Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.9%Owner-occupied households

Florala ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Florala.

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

36442

What the numbers mean in Florala town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Florala town median would spend about 20% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20% of residents and 59.9% of households own their home.

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

Florala town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Florala town is a small town in Alabama, with 1,841 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #234 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 44.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Florala town earn a median of $34,857 a year, 55.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% 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% 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 Florala town is valued at $81,000, 73.3% below the national figure and 49% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $581 a month, 58.7% below the national figure, or roughly $6,972 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 59.9% 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.

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 Florala town?: Florala town has 1,841 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #234 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Florala town?: Median household income in Florala town is $34,857 a year, 55.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Florala town?: Median gross rent is $581 a month and the median home value is $81,000, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Florala town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Florala town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Florala town 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.