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West Jefferson town, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
West Jefferson town is a Census town of 581 people across 1.87 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $41,406, 90.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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West Jefferson
What West Jefferson is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.87 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land310 plus or minus 104
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Jefferson
How many people live in West Jefferson
- Population581 plus or minus 194
- Median age39.1 plus or minus 13.2
- Population under 18159 plus or minus 58
- Share under 1827.4 percent
- Population 65 and over131 plus or minus 97
- Share 65 and over22.5 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Households259 plus or minus 95
- Family households151 plus or minus 54
- Share of households that are families58.3 percent plus or minus 29.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Jefferson
Income and work in West Jefferson
- Median household income$41,406 plus or minus $25,986
- Per capita income$26,200
- Civilian labor force226 plus or minus 85
- Employed226 plus or minus 85
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over371 plus or minus 131
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.7 percent plus or minus 45.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Jefferson
Housing in West Jefferson
- Housing units293 plus or minus 98
- Occupied units259 plus or minus 95
- Vacant units34 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate11.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Owner occupied235 plus or minus 91
- Renter occupied24 plus or minus 20
- Ownership rate90.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$156,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$750 plus or minus $492
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.7 percent plus or minus 19.7
- Single family units246 plus or minus 97
- Share single family84.0 percent plus or minus 17.8
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes46 plus or minus 25
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Jefferson
How West Jefferson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute212 plus or minus 80
- Commuting under 15 minutes20 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting under 15 minutes9.4 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more99 plus or minus 41
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.7 percent
- Drove alone88.2 percent plus or minus 46.5
- Carpooled3.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson County, not West Jefferson
Jefferson County context, not West Jefferson figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Jefferson measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County16,989
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County341,042
- Covered employment, Jefferson County367,081
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$71,562
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,376
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County2,117
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1,536
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$65,539,202,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$73,144
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Jefferson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Jefferson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Jefferson, Alabama?
581, in 259 households. West Jefferson town covers 1.87 square miles of land, which is 310 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Jefferson in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Jefferson?
$41,406. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $156,200. Median gross rent is $750 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page West Jefferson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Jefferson.
Is zoning published for West Jefferson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.