What is the population of Spanish Fort city?

Spanish Fort city has 10,377 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Spanish Fort city?

Median household income in Spanish Fort city is $101,574 a year, 29.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,246 a month and the median home value is $314,000, so rent absorbs about 14.7% of median household income.

Is Spanish Fort city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Spanish Fort city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Spanish Fort, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Spanish Fort, Alabama (Spanish Fort, AL — Census place “Spanish Fort city”) is 10,377 residents, ranking #66 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $101,574, the median home is worth $314,000 and median gross rent runs $1,246 a month. Looking for the Spanish Fort Alabama ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Spanish Fort, AL: 36507, 36527.

Population: 10,377Spanish Fort city residents
Median household income: $101,574Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $314,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,246Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.4%Owner-occupied households

Spanish Fort ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Spanish Fort.

The Spanish Fort AL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Spanish Fort city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Spanish Fort city median would spend about 14.7% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.3% of residents and 67.4% of households own their home.

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

Spanish Fort city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Spanish Fort city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 10,377 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 37.3 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 Spanish Fort city earn a median of $101,574 a year, 29.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 82% above the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 6.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Spanish Fort city is valued at $314,000, 3.5% above the national figure and 98% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,246 a month, 11.4% below the national figure, or roughly $14,952 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.7% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.4% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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

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What is the population of Spanish Fort city?: Spanish Fort city has 10,377 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Spanish Fort city?: Median household income in Spanish Fort city is $101,574 a year, 29.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Spanish Fort city?: Median gross rent is $1,246 a month and the median home value is $314,000, so rent absorbs about 14.7% of median household income.
Is Spanish Fort city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Spanish Fort city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Spanish Fort 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.