What is the population of York city?

York city has 2,849 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #179 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in York city?

Median household income in York city is $37,009 a year, 52.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $738 a month and the median home value is $57,500, so rent absorbs about 23.9% of median household income.

Is York city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so York city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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York, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of York, Alabama (York, AL — Census place “York city”) is 2,849 residents, ranking #179 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $37,009, the median home is worth $57,500 and median gross rent runs $738 a month. Looking for the York Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve York, AL: 36925.

Population: 2,849York city residents
Median household income: $37,009Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $57,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $738Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.1%Owner-occupied households

York ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps York.

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

36925

What the numbers mean in York city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the York city median would spend about 23.9% 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 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 32.6% of residents and 62.1% of households own their home.

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

York city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

York city is a small town in Alabama, with 2,849 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #179 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 38.2 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 York city earn a median of $37,009 a year, 52.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% 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 32.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in York city is valued at $57,500, 81% below the national figure and 64% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $738 a month, 47.5% below the national figure, or roughly $8,856 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.9% 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 1.6×, 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. 62.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of York city?: York city has 2,849 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #179 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in York city?: Median household income in York city is $37,009 a year, 52.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in York city?: Median gross rent is $738 a month and the median home value is $57,500, so rent absorbs about 23.9% of median household income.
Is York city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so York city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this York city 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.