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Tuscaloosa city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Tuscaloosa city is a Census city of 111,038 people across 62.54 square miles of land, in Tuscaloosa County. Median household income is $51,464, 42.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 70 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $27.9 m.
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Tuscaloosa
What Tuscaloosa is
- Census place typecity
- Land area62.54 sq mi
- Water area10.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,776
- County holding the largest share of its areaTuscaloosa 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.
Tuscaloosa
How many people live in Tuscaloosa
- Population111,038
- Median age27.2
- Population under 1819,290
- Share under 1817.4 percent
- Population 65 and over14,431
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent
- Households42,257
- Family households20,169
- Share of households that are families47.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tuscaloosa
Income and work in Tuscaloosa
- Median household income$51,464
- Per capita income$31,728
- Civilian labor force54,687
- Employed50,466
- Unemployed4,221
- Unemployment rate7.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over59,036
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tuscaloosa
Housing in Tuscaloosa
- Housing units52,122
- Occupied units42,257
- Vacant units9,865
- Vacancy rate18.9 percent
- Owner occupied18,118
- Renter occupied24,139
- Ownership rate42.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$255,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,055
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.6 percent
- Single family units27,075
- Share single family51.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more24,376
- Share in buildings of two or more46.8 percent
- Mobile homes671 plus or minus 221
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tuscaloosa
How Tuscaloosa gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute45,198
- Commuting under 15 minutes17,627
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,609
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.8 percent
- Drove alone75.1 percent
- Carpooled9.1 percent
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked4.3 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home8.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tuscaloosa
SBA loans in Tuscaloosa (7(a))
- Approvals70
- Gross approval$27,931,400
- Average approval$399,020
- Median approval$234,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$886,500
- Largest approval$2,937,000
- Jobs supported1,055
- Jobs per approval15.1
- Loans with a final outcome16
- Paid in full14
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans12.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.9 percent
- Share to franchises30.0 percent
- Distinct lenders26
- Distinct industries by NAICS43
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tuscaloosa
SBA loans in Tuscaloosa (504)
- Approvals32
- Gross approval$21,591,000
- Average approval$674,719
- Median approval$533,000
- Largest approval$3,986,000
- Jobs supported339
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tuscaloosa County, not Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa County context, not Tuscaloosa figures
These are Tuscaloosa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tuscaloosa measurements.
- Establishments in Tuscaloosa County4,189
- Employment at those establishments, Tuscaloosa County84,004
- Covered employment, Tuscaloosa County99,288
- Average annual pay, Tuscaloosa County$59,535
- Average weekly wage, Tuscaloosa County$1,145
- Housing units permitted, Tuscaloosa County631
- Of those, single family, Tuscaloosa County510
- County product, 2024, Tuscaloosa County$14,447,493,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tuscaloosa County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tuscaloosa County$57,258
Every figure in this section is published for Tuscaloosa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tuscaloosa. 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.
- 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
Tuscaloosa questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama?
111,038, in 42,257 households. Tuscaloosa city covers 62.54 square miles of land, which is 1,776 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tuscaloosa in?
Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa?
$51,464. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $255,500. Median gross rent is $1,055 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tuscaloosa businesses?
70 7(a) approvals totalling $27.9 m, across 26 lenders, median approval $234,000, plus 32 504 approvals worth $21.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tuscaloosa, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tuscaloosa borrowers get paid back?
Of the 16 loans that have reached a final outcome, 14 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 12.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Tuscaloosa figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa.
Is zoning published for Tuscaloosa?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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