What is the population of Hartselle city?

Hartselle city has 15,586 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #48 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Hartselle city?

Median household income in Hartselle city is $67,863 a year, 13.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $751 a month and the median home value is $192,200, so rent absorbs about 13.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hartselle city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Alabama · Census place 33448

Hartselle, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hartselle, Alabama (Hartselle, AL — Census place “Hartselle city”) is 15,586 residents, ranking #48 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $67,863, the median home is worth $192,200 and median gross rent runs $751 a month. Looking for the Hartselle Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hartselle, AL: 35640.

Population: 15,586Hartselle city residents
Median household income: $67,863Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $192,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $751Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.2%Owner-occupied households

Hartselle ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hartselle.

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

35640

What the numbers mean in Hartselle city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hartselle city median would spend about 13.3% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.6% of residents and 77.2% of households own their home.

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

Hartselle city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hartselle city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 15,586 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #48 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 38.6 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 Hartselle city earn a median of $67,863 a year, 13.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% 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 12.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hartselle city is valued at $192,200, 36.7% below the national figure and 21% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $751 a month, 46.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,012 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.3% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.2% 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 Hartselle city?: Hartselle city has 15,586 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #48 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Hartselle city?: Median household income in Hartselle city is $67,863 a year, 13.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hartselle city?: Median gross rent is $751 a month and the median home value is $192,200, so rent absorbs about 13.3% of median household income.
Is Hartselle city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hartselle city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hartselle 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.