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Fort Deposit, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Fort Deposit is a Census town of 1,525 people across 5.66 square miles of land, in Lowndes County. Median household income is $21,563, 61.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Fort Deposit
What Fort Deposit is
- Census place typetown
- Land area5.66 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land269 plus or minus 64
- County holding the largest share of its areaLowndes 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.
Fort Deposit
How many people live in Fort Deposit
- Population1,525 plus or minus 363
- Median age33.1 plus or minus 7.5
- Population under 18445 plus or minus 147
- Share under 1829.2 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Population 65 and over247 plus or minus 94
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households601 plus or minus 146
- Family households405 plus or minus 142
- Share of households that are families67.4 percent plus or minus 17.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Deposit
Income and work in Fort Deposit
- Median household income$21,563 plus or minus $8,963
- Per capita income$16,807 plus or minus $3,640
- Civilian labor force453 plus or minus 176
- Employed381 plus or minus 168
- Unemployed72 plus or minus 57
- Unemployment rate15.9 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Adults 25 and over950 plus or minus 233
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Deposit
Housing in Fort Deposit
- Housing units661 plus or minus 143
- Occupied units601 plus or minus 146
- Vacant units60 plus or minus 38
- Vacancy rate9.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied370 plus or minus 127
- Renter occupied231 plus or minus 92
- Ownership rate61.6 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$78,000 plus or minus $33,806
- Median gross rent, monthly$467
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.0 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Single family units236 plus or minus 88
- Share single family35.7 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Units in buildings of two or more194 plus or minus 99
- Share in buildings of two or more29.3 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Mobile homes231 plus or minus 111
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Deposit
How Fort Deposit gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute355 plus or minus 162
- Commuting under 15 minutes64 plus or minus 78
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 20.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more220 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more62.0 percent plus or minus 38.5
- Drove alone82.9 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.6 percent plus or minus 1.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Deposit
Flood risk in Fort Deposit
- NFIP communityTown of Fort Deposit
- NFIP community number010384
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/04/09(M)
The Town of Fort Deposit participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 010384 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Lowndes County, not Fort Deposit
Lowndes County context, not Fort Deposit figures
- Establishments in Lowndes County113
- Covered employment, Lowndes County2,675
- Average annual pay, Lowndes County$66,726
- Housing units permitted, Lowndes County2
Every figure in this section is published for Lowndes County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Deposit.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Fort Deposit questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Deposit, Alabama?
1,525, in 601 households. Fort Deposit town covers 5.66 square miles of land, which is 269 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Deposit in?
Lowndes 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 Fort Deposit?
$21,563. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $78,000. Median gross rent is $467 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Fort Deposit in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fort Deposit appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Fort Deposit, town of, community 010384, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Deposit figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lowndes 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 Fort Deposit.
Is zoning published for Fort Deposit?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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