Alabama · Census place 27520
Fort Deposit town, AL
Quick answer
Fort Deposit town has 1,560 residents, ranking #258 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $20,156, the median home is worth $66,300 and median gross rent runs $450 a month.
- Population
- 1,560Fort Deposit town residents
- Median household income
- $20,156Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $66,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $450Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 55.2%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Fort Deposit town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fort Deposit town median would spend about 26.8% 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 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 41.5% of residents and 55.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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