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Boaz, Alabama Economy Profile

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 Boaz, Alabama United States
StateAlabama
CityBoaz
Total population7,411 281,421,906
Male3,379138,053,563
Female4,032143,368,343
Median age (years)39.435.3
Total households3,155105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)25,69941,994

Boaz, Alabama Economy

53.04% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Boaz, Alabama. Among them 24.35% are females aged 16 and over. 83.97% of Boaz, Alabama workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 0.0% use public transportation (including taxicab). Three point three seven percent of Boaz, Alabama residents work at home.

The total population of Boaz, Alabama is seven thousand, four hundred and eleven people. The median household income in Boaz, Alabama is twenty-five thousand, six hundred and ninety-nine dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 28.3% of all occupations. 9.0% of Boaz, Alabama population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 25.07% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 23.12% of occupations.

16.99% of families in Boaz, Alabama have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. Zero of families are below poverty level. Boaz, Alabama median household income is twenty-five thousand, six hundred and ninety-nine dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and four dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid twenty-one thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

 Boaz, Alabama %, Boaz, Alabama United States
Population 16 years and over6,079  217,168,077
In labor force3,224 53.04%63.92%
- Civilian labor force3,219 52.95%63.39%
- - Employed3,032 49.88%59.73%
- - Unemployed187 3.08%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force5.8  5.8
- Armed Forces5 0.08%0.53%
Not in labor force2,855 46.96%36.08%
 
Females 16 years and over3,289 54.1%51.66%
In labor force1,480 24.35%29.72%
- Civilian labor force1,480 24.35%29.65%
- - Employed1,382 22.73%27.92%
 
Own children under 6 years465 7.65%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force348  12,787,501
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over2,939  128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone2,468 83.97%75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled337 11.47%12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)0  4.73%
Walked23 0.78%2.93%
Other means12 0.41%1.19%
Worked at home99 3.37%3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)18.8 0.64%25.5
 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over3,032  129,721,512
 
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations858 28.3%33.65%
Service occupations417 13.75%14.86%
Sales and office occupations760 25.07%26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations23 0.76%0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations273 9.0%9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations701 23.12%14.62%
 
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining46 1.52%1.87%
Construction225 7.42%6.78%
Manufacturing780 25.73%14.1%
Wholesale trade80 2.64%3.6%
Retail trade487 16.06%11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities124 4.09%5.2%
Information40 1.32%3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing163 5.38%6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services159 5.24%9.3%
Educational, health and social services463 15.27%19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services192 6.33%7.87%
Other services (except public administration)195 6.43%4.87%
Public administration78 2.57%4.79%
 
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers2,365 78.0%78.47%
Government workers298 9.83%14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business357 11.77%6.63%
Unpaid family workers12 0.4%0.31%
 Boaz, Alabama %, Boaz, Alabama United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households3,243  105,539,122
Less than $10,000733 22.6%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999279 8.6%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999562 17.33%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999465 14.34%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999421 12.98%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999464 14.31%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999185 5.7%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,99979 2.44%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,99930 0.93%2.2%
$200,000 or more25 0.77%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)25,699  41,994
With earnings2,089 34.36%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)37,459  56,604
With Social Security income1,245 20.48%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,291  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income290 4.77%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)4,699  6,320
With public assistance income58 0.95%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,490  3,032
With retirement income712 11.71%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)14,971  17,376
 
Families2,172  72,261,780
Less than $10,000223 10.27%5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999151 6.95%4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999347 15.98%10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999387 17.82%12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999369 16.99%17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999396 18.23%22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999185 8.52%12.47%
$100,000 to $149,99959 2.72%9.6%
$150,000 to $199,99930 1.38%2.75%
$200,000 or more25 1.15%2.92%
Median family income (dollars)34,018  50,046
 
Per capita income (dollars)15,664  21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers29,504  37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers21,750  27,194
 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families301  6,620,945
With related children under 18 years166 55.15%77.87%
- With related children under 5 years89 29.57%38.7%
 
Families with female householder, no husband present149  3,315,916
With related children under 18 years121 81.21%88.68%
- With related children under 5 years67 44.97%42.27%
 
Individuals1,344  33,899,812
18 years and over1,018 75.74%65.35%
- 65 years and over359 26.71%9.7%
Related children under 18 years302 22.47%33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years194 14.43%23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over555 41.29%31.63%
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.