Compare Huntsville Metro Area, AL vs Alabama (AL) vs United States

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Metric	Huntsville Metro Area, AL Metro Area	Alabama (AL) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	516,951	5,086,768	334,922,499
Rent	$1,183	$1,007	$1,413
Year built	1993	1986	1980
Household income	$85,989	$63,999	$80,734
Per capita income	$46,601	$36,087	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.1%	15.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.1%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	40.6%	42.5%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	516,951	5,086,768	334,922,499
Adults over 25	357,065	3,473,706	230,807,303
Total households	205,984	1,997,247	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$85,989	$63,999	$80,734
Per capita income	$46,601	$36,087	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.1%	15.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.1%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	40.6%	42.5%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,183	$1,007	$1,413
Year built	1993	1986	1980
Households that rent	29.8%	29.8%	34.8%
Households that own	70.2%	70.2%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	6.2	5.9	5.5
Race
White	65.4%	64.6%	61%
Black	21.5%	25.8%	12.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.5%	6%
Two or more races	7.6%	5.3%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	5.6%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93.1%	94.4%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	85.7%	91.2%	84.9%
Commute time to work	23.0 min	25.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	14.3%	8.8%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	26.6%	29.7%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	20.8%	30.3%	26%
Some college or associate degree	9.8%	11.6%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	42.9%	28.4%	35.7%