Alabama · Census place 76080
Thorsby, AL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Thorsby, Alabama (Thorsby, AL — Census place “Thorsby town”) is 2,601 residents, ranking #192 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $77,500, the median home is worth $186,000 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Thorsby Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Thorsby, AL: 35171.
- Population
- 2,601Thorsby town residents
- Median household income
- $77,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $186,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 71.5%Owner-occupied households
Thorsby ZIP codes (Alabama)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Thorsby.
The Thorsby 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 Thorsby town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.3% of residents and 71.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Thorsby town, AL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Thorsby town is a small town in Alabama, with 2,601 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #192 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 38 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 Thorsby town earn a median of $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 39% 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 9.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Thorsby town is valued at $186,000, 38.7% below the national figure and 18% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 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. 71.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
The Census withheld gross rent for Thorsby town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Alabama.
- Graysville city 2,600
- Henagar city 2,554
- Dora city 2,617
- Butler town 2,552
- Deatsville town 2,618
- Morris town 2,546
- Lineville city 2,636
- Good Hope city 2,542
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Thorsby town?
- Thorsby town has 2,601 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #192 of 593 in Alabama.
- What is the median household income in Thorsby town?
- Median household income in Thorsby town is $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Thorsby town?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $186,000.
- Is Thorsby town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Thorsby town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Thorsby town 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.