What is the population of Gardendale city?

Gardendale city has 16,110 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Gardendale city?

Median household income in Gardendale city is $81,215 a year, 3.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,151 a month and the median home value is $234,900, so rent absorbs about 17% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gardendale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gardendale, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gardendale, Alabama (Gardendale, AL — Census place “Gardendale city”) is 16,110 residents, ranking #44 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $81,215, the median home is worth $234,900 and median gross rent runs $1,151 a month. Looking for the Gardendale Alabama ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Gardendale, AL: 35071, 35119.

Population: 16,110Gardendale city residents
Median household income: $81,215Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $234,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,151Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 81.4%Owner-occupied households

Gardendale ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gardendale.

The Gardendale AL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Gardendale city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gardendale city median would spend about 17% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.9% of residents and 81.4% of households own their home.

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

Gardendale city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gardendale city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 16,110 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #44 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 38.9 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 Gardendale city earn a median of $81,215 a year, 3.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 46% above the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gardendale city is valued at $234,900, 22.6% below the national figure and 48% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,151 a month, 18.1% below the national figure, or roughly $13,812 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 81.4% 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

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What is the population of Gardendale city?: Gardendale city has 16,110 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Gardendale city?: Median household income in Gardendale city is $81,215 a year, 3.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gardendale city?: Median gross rent is $1,151 a month and the median home value is $234,900, so rent absorbs about 17% of median household income.
Is Gardendale city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gardendale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gardendale 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.