Underwood-Petersville, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Underwood-Petersville CDP is a small town in Alabama, with 3,049 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #169 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Underwood-Petersville CDP earn a median of $43,000 a year, 45.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below 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 16.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Underwood-Petersville CDP is valued at $118,900, 60.8% below the national figure and 25% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $749 a month, 46.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,988 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.9% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

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.