Homewood (Alabama)
Jefferson County
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Homewood is a city in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Alabama, United States. The town is a suburb of Birmingham and has one of the highest population densities in Alabama. According to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2005, there were 23-963 people.
Geography
Homewoods geographical coordinates are 33 ° 28 'N, 86 ° 48' W33.468333333333 - 86.808055555556 ( 33.468306, -86.808146 ). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.5 km ², consisting entirely of land.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 25,043 people Homewood. The population density was 1163.6 people per km ². There were 11,494 housing units at an average 534.0 per km ². The population Homewoods consisted of 79.75 % White, 15.30% Black or African American, 0.20 % Native American, 2.57% Asian, 0.20 % Pacific Islander, 1.0 % reported other races to belong and 1.16 % from two or more races. 2.80 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents Homewoods distributed to 3640 households out of which 27.2% were living in children under 18 years. 41.0 % married couples living together, 11.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.0 % were non-families. 36.2% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 9.4 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size is 2.87 people.
The city population was spread out with 20.3 % under the, 17.8% of 18-24 year olds, 34.0 % 25 -44- year-old, 17.3% 45-64 year olds and 10.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 81.9 males.
The median household income in Homewood was 55 431 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 70 256 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 40 969 U.S. dollars, compared to 34,694 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Homewood was 25,491 U.S. dollars. 7.6 % of the population and 4.4% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 4.5 % of minors and 4.3 % of those age 65 or over.
Train
- Homewood High School
- Homewood Middle School
- Hall Kent Elementary School
- Shades Cahaba Elementary School
- Edgewood Elementary School
- John Carroll High School
The Homewood High School Patriot Marching Band took several times to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in part ( in 2006 for the seventh time ).