Moving to Birmingham, Alabama

by btobers · Published March 30, 2019 · Updated November 18, 2024

Population: 242,820. Estimated population in July 2024: 231,483 (-4.7% change)
Males: 112,046 (46.1%), Females: 130,774 (53.9%)

Jefferson County

Zip codes: 35203, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35207, 35208, 35209, 35210, 35211, 35212, 35213, 35214, 35215, 35216, 35217, 35218, 35221, 35222, 35223, 35224, 35226, 35228, 35233, 35234, 35235, 35242, 35243, 35244.

Demographics

Median resident age: 34.3 years
Median household income: $26,735
Median house value: $62,100

Population by Race

Races in Birmingham:

Black (73.5%)
White Non-Hispanic (23.5%)
Hispanic (1.6%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
Other race (0.6%)

Ancestries: United States (3.9%), English (3.2%), Irish (2.8%), German (2.3%), Subsaharan African (1.4%), Scotch-Irish (1.1%).

Elevation: 600 feet

Land area: 149.9 square miles

Map of Birmingham, AL

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Birmingham

High school or higher: 75.5%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 18.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.6%
Unemployed: 10.8%
Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Birmingham city

Never married: 35.2%
Now married: 38.0%
Separated: 4.0%
Widowed: 9.5%
Divorced: 13.3%

2.1% Foreign born (1.0% Latin America, 0.6% Asia, 0.3% Europe).

Population change in the 1990s: -22,695 (-8.5%).

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers in Birmingham:

BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON (701 PRINCETON AVENUE SOUTHWEST)
BIRMINGHAM BAPT MED CNTR MONTCLAIR SNU (800 MONTCLAIR RD)
BROOKWOOD MEDICAL CENTER (2010 BROOKWOOD MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE)
CALLAHAN EYE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL (1720 UNIVERSITY BLVD)
CARRAWAY METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER (1600 CARRAWAY BOULEVARD)
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA (1600 SEVENTH AVENUE SOUTH)
COOPER GREEN HOSPITAL (1515 6TH AVENUE SOUTH)
HEALTHSOUTH LAKESHORE REHAB HOSPITAL (3800 RIDGEWAY DRIVE)
HEALTHSOUTH MEDICAL CENTER (1201 ELEVENTH AVENUE SOUTH)
HILL CREST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (6869 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH)
MEDICAL CENTER EAST INC (50 MEDICAL PARK EAST DRIVE)
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSP-BIRMINGHAM (800 MONTCLAIR ROAD)
ST VINCENTS HOSPITAL (810 ST VINCENTS DRIVE)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL (619 SOUTH 19TH STREET)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Birmingham:

BIRMINGHAM INTL (about 5 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Abbreviation: BHM)
TALLADEGA MUNI (about 53 miles; TALLADEGA, AL; Abbreviation: ASN)
TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (about 59 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Abbreviation: TCL)

Other public-use airports nearest to Birmingham:

BESSEMER (about 18 miles; BESSEMER, AL; Abbreviation: EKY)
SHELBY COUNTY (about 25 miles; ALABASTER, AL; Abbreviation: EET)
ST CLAIR COUNTY (about 41 miles; PELL CITY, AL; Abbreviation: PLR)

Amtrak station:
BIRMINGHAM (1819 MORRIS AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/Universities in Birmingham:

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (Full-time enrollment: 12,178; Location: ADMINISTRATION BLDG SUITE 1070; Public; Website: www.uab.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 4,106; Location: 800 LAKESHORE DR; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.samford.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 3,279; Location: 2601 CARSON RD; Public; Website: www.jscc.cc.al.us)
VIRGINIA COLLEGE-BIRMINGHAM (Full-time enrollment: 1,564; Location: 65 BAGBY DR; Private, for-profit; Website: www.vc.edu)
BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,416; Location: 900 Arkadelphia Road; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.bsc.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,251; Location: 3060 WILSON RD SW; Public; Website: www.ls.cc.al.us)
HERZING COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 453; Location: 280 W VALLEY AVE; Private, for-profit; Website: herzing.edu/birmingham)
ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (Full-time enrollment: 362; Location: 500 RIVERHILLS BUSINESS PK; Private, for-profit; Website: www.itt-tech.edu)
SOUTHEASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 46; Location: 3001 HWY 280 E; Private, not-for-profit)
ALABAMA STATE COLLEGE OF BARBER STYLING (Full-time enrollment: 11; Location: 9480 PARKWAY E; Private, for-profit)
ROEBUCK BEAUTY SCHOOL (Location: 9098A PARKWAY E; Private, for-profit)
NORTH ALABAMA SKILLS CENTER (Location: 2112 11TH AVE S STE 201; Public)
CENTER POINT BEAUTY SCHOOL (Location: 2328 FIRST ST NE; Private, for-profit)
CARRAWAY METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER SCH OF RAD TECHN (Location: 1600 CARRAWAY BLVD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.carraway.org)
ANDREW JACKSON UNIVERSITY (Location: 10 OLD MONTGOMERY HWY; Private, not-for-profit; Offers Master’s degree)
ACADEMY OF HAIR DESIGN (Location: 1573 CENTER POINT RD; Private, for-profit)
BIRMINGHAM-EASONIAN BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE (Location: 630 ISHKOODA RD; Private, not-for-profit)
EAST LAKE BEAUTY COLLEGE (Location: 6732 1ST AVE S; Private, for-profit)
FAULKNER UNIVERSITY-BIRMINGHAM (Location: 2970 LORNA RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.faulkner.edu)
FAITH GRANT COLLEGE (Location: 1823 20TH ST ENSLEY; Private, not-for-profit)

Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Birmingham:

BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles; SUMITON, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,670)
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 29 miles; MONTEVALLO, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,651)
GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE (about 36 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,272)
SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,635)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 56 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Full-time enrollment: 17,453)
JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75 miles; DECATUR, AL; Full-time enrollment: 4,547)
JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Full-time enrollment: 6,418)

Biggest public high schools in Birmingham:

OAK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,650; Location: 5476 CALDWELL MILL RD; Grades: 09 – 12)
VESTAVIA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,548; Location: 2235 LIME ROCK RD; Grades: 09 – 12)
HUFFMAN HIGH SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 1,309; Location: 950 SPRINGVILLE RD; Grades: 09 – 12)
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,274; Location: 3900 24TH ST N; Grades: 09 – 12)
ERWIN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,138; Location: 532 23RD AVE NW; Grades: 07 – 12)
PARKER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,090; Location: 900 4TH ST N; Grades: 09 – 12)
ENSLEY HIGH SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 1,070; Location: 2301 AVE J ENSLEY; Grades: 09 – 12)
WENONAH HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,042; Location: 2916 WILSON RD; Grades: 09 – 12)
WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 907; Location: 5620 1ST AVE N; Grades: 09 – 12)
WEST END HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 847; Location: 1840 PEARSON AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)

Biggest private high schools in Birmingham:

JOHN CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 939; Location: PO BOX 19907; Grades: 9 – 12)
SHADES MT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 521; Location: 2290 TYLER RD; Grades: PK – 12)
PARKWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 496; Location: 959 HOFFMAN RD; Grades: PK – 12)
JEFFERSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 339; Location: 1500 HERITAGE PLACE DRIVE; Grades: PK – 12)
MOUNTAIN VIEW BAPTIST SCHOOL (Students: 202; Location: 5568 CHALKVILLE ROAD; Grades: PK – 12)
CENTRAL PARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Students: 188; Location: 1900 43RD STREET WEST; Grades: PK – 12)
HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 169; Location: 2001 19TH ST. -ENSLEY; Grades: 9 – 12)
GATEWAY BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 160; Location: 1009 WALKER AVENUE; Grades: KG – 12)
GAN GAN & PAPA DAY CARE LEARNI (Students: 77; Location: 9029 AIRPORT ROAD; Grades: PK – 12)
CONNIE’S HERITAGE MUSIC SCH (Students: 31; Location: 326-2ND AVE NORTH; Grades: PK – 12)

Biggest public primary/middle schools in Birmingham:

OAK MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,254; Location: 5650 CAHABA VALLEY RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
CHALKVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,111; Location: 940 CHALKVILLE SCHOOL RD; Grades: KG – 05)
RIVERCHASE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,062; Location: 853 WILLOW OAK DR; Grades: 06 – 08)
ERWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 821; Location: 528 23RD AVE NW; Grades: 03 – 06)
OAK MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 810; Location: 5640 CAHABA VALLEY RD; Grades: KG – 03)
CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 804; Location: 4915 AVE Q; Grades: KG – 05)
OAK MOUNTAIN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students: 784; Location: 5486 CALDWELL MILL RD; Grades: 04 – 05)
HAYES MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 736; Location: 505 43RD ST N; Grades: 09 – 11)
GLEN IRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 732; Location: 1115 11TH ST S; Grades: KG – 05)
BUSH MIDDLE SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 718; Location: 1112 25TH ST ENSLEY; Grades: 06 – 08)

Biggest private primary/middle schools in Birmingham:

BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN ELEM SCH (Students: 1,022; Location: 2204 BRIARWOOD WAY; Grades: PK – 6)
OUR LADY OF SORROWS (Students: 522; Location: 1720 OXMOOR RD; Grades: PK – 8)
OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY SCHOOL (Students: 477; Location: 5510 DOUBLE OAK LANE; Grades: PK – 8)
EAST BIHAM COGIC CHRISTIAN ACA (Students: 397; Location: 5600 1ST AVENUE NORTH; Grades: PK – 8)
ADVENT EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL (Students: 339; Location: 2019 6TH AVENUE NORTH; Grades: PK – 8)
CREATIVE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Students: 320; Location: 1650 28TH COURT SOUTH; Grades: KG – KG)
ROEBUCK PARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 308; Location: 216 ROEBUCK DRIVE; Grades: 1 – 8)
HIGHLANDS SCHOOL (Students: 296; Location: 4901 OLD LEEDS RD; Grades: PK – 8)
HOLY FAMILY ELEMENTARY (Students: 292; Location: 1916 19TH STREET; Grades: KG – 7)
WHISPERING PINES MONTESSORI SC (Students: 265; Location: 5509 TIMBER HILL RD.; Grades: PK – 8)

Libraries

Libraries in Birmingham:

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $14,092,079; Location: 2100 PARK PLACE; 831,199 books; 33,841 audio materials; 34,548 video materials; 2,418 serial subscriptions)
NORTH SHELBY LIBRARY (Operating income: $592,819; Location: 5521 CAHABA VALLEY ROAD; 56,576 books; 1,748 audio materials; 2,018 video materials; 97 serial subscriptions)