What is the population of Fultondale city?

Fultondale city has 9,753 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Fultondale city?

Median household income in Fultondale city is $69,127 a year, 12% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,214 a month and the median home value is $181,900, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fultondale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fultondale, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fultondale, Alabama (Fultondale, AL — Census place “Fultondale city”) is 9,753 residents, ranking #72 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $69,127, the median home is worth $181,900 and median gross rent runs $1,214 a month. Looking for the Fultondale Alabama ZIP code list? 3 ZIP codes serve Fultondale, AL: 35068, 35119, 35217.

Population: 9,753Fultondale city residents
Median household income: $69,127Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $181,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,214Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.9%Owner-occupied households

Fultondale ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fultondale.

The Fultondale AL ZIP code list below covers 3 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Fultondale city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fultondale city median would spend about 21.1% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.3% of residents and 65.9% of households own their home.

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

Fultondale city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fultondale city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 9,753 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #72 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 38.5 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 Fultondale city earn a median of $69,127 a year, 12% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% above the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 13.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fultondale city is valued at $181,900, 40% below the national figure and 15% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,214 a month, 13.7% below the national figure, or roughly $14,568 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 65.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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 Fultondale city?: Fultondale city has 9,753 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Fultondale city?: Median household income in Fultondale city is $69,127 a year, 12% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fultondale city?: Median gross rent is $1,214 a month and the median home value is $181,900, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Fultondale city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fultondale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fultondale 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.