Gurley, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Gurley town is a very small community in Alabama, with 543 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #412 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 30% of them. The median age here is 41.7 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 Gurley town earn a median of $55,000 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gurley town is valued at $174,300, 42.6% below the national figure and 10% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $850 a month, 39.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,200 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% 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. 61.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 543 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Gurley town against its county rather than against national figures.

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.