What is the population of Wedowee town?

Wedowee town has 905 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #336 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Wedowee town?

Median household income in Wedowee town is $41,635 a year, 47% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wedowee town?

Median gross rent is $642 a month and the median home value is $189,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Wedowee town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wedowee town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wedowee, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wedowee, Alabama (Wedowee, AL — Census place “Wedowee town”) is 905 residents, ranking #336 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $41,635, the median home is worth $189,300 and median gross rent runs $642 a month. Looking for the Wedowee Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wedowee, AL: 36278.

Population: 905Wedowee town residents
Median household income: $41,635Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $189,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $642Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.9%Owner-occupied households

Wedowee ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wedowee.

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

36278

What the numbers mean in Wedowee town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wedowee town median would spend about 18.5% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.2% of residents and 65.9% of households own their home.

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

Wedowee town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wedowee town is a very small community in Alabama, with 905 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #336 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 43% of them. The median age here is 41.9 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 Wedowee town earn a median of $41,635 a year, 47% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below 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 17.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wedowee town is valued at $189,300, 37.6% below the national figure and 20% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $642 a month, 54.3% below the national figure, or roughly $7,704 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.9% 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.

With 905 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Wedowee town against its county rather than against national figures.

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 Wedowee town?: Wedowee town has 905 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #336 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Wedowee town?: Median household income in Wedowee town is $41,635 a year, 47% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wedowee town?: Median gross rent is $642 a month and the median home value is $189,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Wedowee town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wedowee town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wedowee 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.