Alabama · Census place 60648
Pinson, AL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Pinson, Alabama (Pinson, AL — Census place “Pinson city”) is 7,851 residents, ranking #88 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $80,349, the median home is worth $194,300 and median gross rent runs $1,406 a month. Looking for the Pinson Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pinson, AL: 35126.
- Population
- 7,851Pinson city residents
- Median household income
- $80,349Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $194,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,406Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 82.3%Owner-occupied households
Pinson ZIP codes (Alabama)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pinson.
The Pinson 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 Pinson city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Pinson city median would spend about 21% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16% of residents and 82.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Pinson city, AL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Pinson city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 7,851 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #88 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 33.7 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 Pinson city earn a median of $80,349 a year, 2.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 44% above 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 16% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Pinson city is valued at $194,300, 36% below the national figure and 23% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,406 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,872 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21% 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 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 82.3% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.
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.
- Montevallo city 7,429
- Bay Minette city 8,215
- Greenville city 7,229
- Orange Beach city 8,244
- Wetumpka city 7,182
- Atmore city 8,389
- Lincoln city 7,135
- Brook Highland CDP 8,428
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Pinson city?
- Pinson city has 7,851 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #88 of 593 in Alabama.
- What is the median household income in Pinson city?
- Median household income in Pinson city is $80,349 a year, 2.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pinson city?
- Median gross rent is $1,406 a month and the median home value is $194,300, so rent absorbs about 21% of median household income.
- Is Pinson city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pinson city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Pinson 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.