Tuscaloosa

Population & Demographics

Tuscaloosa, AL

Tuscaloosa is home to 111,038 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 35,294 resident workers commute each day.

AlabamaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
111,038
people
Population

111,038 residents

Median age 27.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Tuscaloosa population & demographics

Who lives in Tuscaloosa — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
111,038
Median age
27.2yrs
Median household income
$51,464
Median home value
$255,500
Median gross rent
$1,055/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.4%
Poverty rate
25.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Tuscaloosa

How Tuscaloosa breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White48.8%
Black40.4%
Hispanic or Latino5.7%
Asian2.5%
Two or more races2.2%
Some other race0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Tuscaloosa

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Tuscaloosa.

Tuscaloosa at a glance
Employed Residents
35,294
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
35.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
46.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Northport
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Tuscaloosa proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Tuscaloosa commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

75 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Tuscaloosa

35,294 commutes, one dot at a time

Tuscaloosa

Where 35,294 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Tuscaloosa, by worker count.

1Tuscaloosa0.0 mi16,248
2Northport4.3 mi2,774
3Birmingham46.3 mi1,674
4Hoover43.5 mi751
5Montgomery94.1 mi672
6Bessemer35.3 mi601
7Brookwood12.1 mi525
8Huntsville115.7 mi475

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Tuscaloosa.

1Tuscaloosa0.0 mi16,248
2Northport4.3 mi6,084
3Birmingham46.3 mi927
4Cottondale4.8 mi587
5Holt2.7 mi576
6Hoover43.5 mi557
7Moundville16.2 mi534
8Montgomery94.1 mi497

Top industries

The sectors that employ Tuscaloosa’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services19.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.1%
RTRetail Trade12.1%
MFManufacturing6.9%
PAPublic Administration4.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.2%
COConstruction3.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Tuscaloosa

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps77%
8 Gbps47%
See all internet providers in Tuscaloosa

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).