Housing density: 259 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $89,418.
Median contract rent in 2022: $507 (lower quartile is $388, upper quartile is $640)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $415
Median gross rent in Anniston, AL in 2022: $668
Housing units in Anniston with a mortgage: 2,303 (108 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 114 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 149
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $84,003
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $60,407
Size of family households: 3,049 2-persons, 1,579 3-persons, 581 4-persons, 205 5-persons, 123 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,929 1-person, 349 2-persons, 27 3-persons.
1,292 married couples with children.
2,879 single-parent households (298 men, 2,581 women).
97.5% of residents of Anniston speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 314 (1.5%)
(110.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 73.3% Number of people working at home: 652 (7.4% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 179
5 to 9 minutes: 1,131
10 to 14 minutes: 1,447
15 to 19 minutes: 1,015
20 to 24 minutes: 949
25 to 29 minutes: 184
30 to 34 minutes: 770
35 to 39 minutes: 175
40 to 44 minutes: 44
45 to 59 minutes: 1,271
60 to 89 minutes: 407
90 or more minutes: 329
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 16,404 (83.6%)
Carpooled: 1,809 (9.2%)
Bus: 49 (0.2%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 48 (0.2%)
Ferryboat: 2 (0.0%)
Taxi: 124 (0.6%)
Walked: 203 (1.0%)
Worked at home: 652 (3.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
0.3%Males
8.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
3.1%Males
13.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
21.8%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
0.8%Males
1.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
12.3%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Anniston, Alabama
232010 or later
402000 to 2009
1581990 to 1999
941980 to 1989
921970 to 1979
110Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 1,516 (13.3%)
English: 1,469 (12.9%)
German: 901 (7.9%)
Irish: 431 (3.8%)
African: 262 (2.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 202 (1.8%)
European: 154 (1.4%)
Scottish: 123 (1.1%)
French: 83 (0.7%)
British: 59 (0.5%)
Macedonian: 53 (0.5%)
Italian: 29 (0.3%)
Swedish: 27 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.1%)
Kenyan: 15 (0.1%)
Scandinavian: 11 (0.10%)
Jamaican: 11 (0.10%)
Dutch: 9 (0.08%)
Canadian: 8 (0.07%)
Polish: 8 (0.07%)
Barbadian: 8 (0.07%)
Yugoslavian: 6 (0.05%)
Nigerian: 4 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Germany
Anniston:
14.9% (54)
Alabama:
3.9% (6,831)
North Macedonia (Macedonia)
Anniston:
14.3% (52)
Alabama:
0.0% (55)
Mexico
Anniston:
11.3% (41)
Alabama:
26.4% (46,832)
Colombia
Anniston:
10.5% (38)
Alabama:
1.1% (2,005)
Jamaica
Anniston:
7.4% (27)
Alabama:
1.3% (2,382)
Peru
Anniston:
5.5% (20)
Alabama:
0.5% (801)
Korea
Anniston:
5.2% (19)
Alabama:
5.2% (9,293)
Cuba
Anniston:
5.2% (19)
Alabama:
1.2% (2,134)
Zimbabwe
Anniston:
5.0% (18)
Alabama:
0.1% (168)
El Salvador
Anniston:
4.4% (16)
Alabama:
1.7% (3,005)
Kenya
Anniston:
3.6% (13)
Alabama:
0.8% (1,389)
Thailand
Anniston:
3.0% (11)
Alabama:
0.7% (1,231)
Venezuela
Anniston:
3.0% (11)
Alabama:
1.0% (1,740)
Canada
Anniston:
3.0% (11)
Alabama:
2.3% (4,000)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 13,822
Other state: 7,324
Northeast: 739
Midwest: 1,438
South: 4,399
West: 515
84.8% of Anniston residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.3% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 36.1% lived in Alabama.
Anniston:
84.8%
State average:
87.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 81
Nursery to 4th grade: 36
5th and 6th grade: 9
7th and 8th grade: 82
9th grade: 79
10th grade: 270
11th grade: 129
12th grade, no diploma: 240
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,574
Less than 1 year of college: 404
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,201
Associate degree: 301
Bachelor's degree: 1,056
Master's degree: 227
Professional school degree: 312
Doctorate degree: 116
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 235
Nursery to 4th grade: 40
5th and 6th grade: 77
7th and 8th grade: 84
9th grade: 129
10th grade: 116
11th grade: 382
12th grade, no diploma: 129
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,333
Less than 1 year of college: 617
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,190
Associate degree: 760
Bachelor's degree: 1,554
Master's degree: 480
Professional school degree: 33
Doctorate degree: 35
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,904
One, attached: 228
Two: 383
3 or 4: 457
5 to 9: 802
10 to 19: 175
20 to 49: 166
50 or more: 454
Mobile homes: 185
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 8.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 12.5%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago