
Alabama · Census place 47740
Meadowbrook, AL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Meadowbrook, Alabama (Meadowbrook, AL — Census place “Meadowbrook CDP”) is 8,939 residents, ranking #79 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $145,464, the median home is worth $390,100 and median gross rent runs $1,276 a month. Looking for the Meadowbrook Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Meadowbrook, AL: 35242.
- Population
- 8,939Meadowbrook CDP residents
- Median household income
- $145,464Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $390,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,276Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 90.5%Owner-occupied households
Meadowbrook ZIP codes (Alabama)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Meadowbrook.
The Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Meadowbrook CDP median would spend about 10.5% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.6% of residents and 90.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Meadowbrook CDP, AL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Meadowbrook CDP is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 8,939 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #79 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 42.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Meadowbrook CDP earn a median of $145,464 a year, 85.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 161% 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 6.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Meadowbrook CDP is valued at $390,100, 28.6% above the national figure and 147% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,276 a month, 9.2% below the national figure, or roughly $15,312 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 10.5% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 90.5% 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. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Alabama.
- Clanton city 8,862
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- Andalusia city 8,841
- Tuscumbia city 9,084
- Guntersville city 8,771
- Forestdale CDP 9,149
- Arab city 8,573
- Sheffield city 9,334
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Meadowbrook CDP?
- Meadowbrook CDP has 8,939 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #79 of 593 in Alabama.
- What is the median household income in Meadowbrook CDP?
- Median household income in Meadowbrook CDP is $145,464 a year, 85.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Meadowbrook CDP?
- Median gross rent is $1,276 a month and the median home value is $390,100, so rent absorbs about 10.5% of median household income.
- Is Meadowbrook CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Meadowbrook CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Meadowbrook CDP 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.