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Alabama · Census place 33256

Harpersville, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Harpersville, Alabama (Harpersville, AL — Census place “Harpersville town”) is 1,649 residents, ranking #249 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $72,941, the median home is worth $186,300 and median gross rent runs $929 a month. Looking for the Harpersville Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Harpersville, AL: 35078.

Population
1,649Harpersville town residents
Median household income
$72,941Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$186,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$929Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
41.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
87.3%Owner-occupied households

Harpersville ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Harpersville.

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

What the numbers mean in Harpersville town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Harpersville town median would spend about 15.3% 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 8.2% of residents and 87.3% of households own their home.

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

Harpersville town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Harpersville town is a small town in Alabama, with 1,649 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #249 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 58% of them. The median age here is 41.3 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 Harpersville town earn a median of $72,941 a year, 7.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% 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 8.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Harpersville town is valued at $186,300, 38.6% below the national figure and 18% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $929 a month, 33.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,148 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 87.3% 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. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Harpersville town?
Harpersville town has 1,649 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #249 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Harpersville town?
Median household income in Harpersville town is $72,941 a year, 7.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harpersville town?
Median gross rent is $929 a month and the median home value is $186,300, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.
Is Harpersville town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Harpersville town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Harpersville 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.