What is the population of Geraldine town?

Geraldine town has 1,340 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #284 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Geraldine town?

Median household income in Geraldine town is $62,768 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $391 a month and the median home value is $199,400, so rent absorbs about 7.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Geraldine town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 7.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Geraldine, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Geraldine, Alabama (Geraldine, AL — Census place “Geraldine town”) is 1,340 residents, ranking #284 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $62,768, the median home is worth $199,400 and median gross rent runs $391 a month. Looking for the Geraldine Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Geraldine, AL: 35974.

Population: 1,340Geraldine town residents
Median household income: $62,768Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $199,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $391Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.1%Owner-occupied households

Geraldine ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Geraldine.

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

35974

What the numbers mean in Geraldine town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Geraldine town median would spend about 7.5% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.9% of residents and 76.1% of households own their home.

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

Geraldine town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Geraldine town is a small town in Alabama, with 1,340 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #284 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 34.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Geraldine town earn a median of $62,768 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% 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 10.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Geraldine town is valued at $199,400, 34.3% below the national figure and 26% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $391 a month, 72.2% below the national figure, or roughly $4,692 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 7.5% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.1% 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.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Geraldine town?: Geraldine town has 1,340 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #284 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Geraldine town?: Median household income in Geraldine town is $62,768 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Geraldine town?: Median gross rent is $391 a month and the median home value is $199,400, so rent absorbs about 7.5% of median household income.
Is Geraldine town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Geraldine town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 7.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Geraldine 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.