What is the population of Piedmont city?

Piedmont city has 4,749 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Piedmont city?

Median household income in Piedmont city is $41,964 a year, 46.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $752 a month and the median home value is $106,600, so rent absorbs about 21.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Piedmont city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Piedmont, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Piedmont, Alabama (Piedmont, AL — Census place “Piedmont city”) is 4,749 residents, ranking #126 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $41,964, the median home is worth $106,600 and median gross rent runs $752 a month. Looking for the Piedmont Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Piedmont, AL: 36272.

Population: 4,749Piedmont city residents
Median household income: $41,964Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $106,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $752Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.3%Owner-occupied households

Piedmont ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Piedmont.

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

36272

What the numbers mean in Piedmont city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Piedmont city median would spend about 21.5% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 62.3% of households own their home.

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

Piedmont city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Piedmont city is a small town in Alabama, with 4,749 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #126 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 39.1 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 Piedmont city earn a median of $41,964 a year, 46.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below 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 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Piedmont city is valued at $106,600, 64.9% below the national figure and 33% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $752 a month, 46.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,024 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Piedmont city?: Piedmont city has 4,749 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Piedmont city?: Median household income in Piedmont city is $41,964 a year, 46.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Piedmont city?: Median gross rent is $752 a month and the median home value is $106,600, so rent absorbs about 21.5% of median household income.
Is Piedmont city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Piedmont city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Piedmont city 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.