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Higdon, AL 35979 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 35979: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Higdon, AL 35979

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Jackson County
Centroid: Latitude 34.882, Longitude -85.64
Time Zone: Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 35979 has segments in 2 Counties (De Kalb, Jackson).

Businesses Addresses: 42
PO Box Addresses: 156
Residential Addresses: 458

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 458

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: May 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

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Higdon, AL 35979 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	1,090
Daytime Population: Workers	28
Daytime Population: Residents	668
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	696
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.64
Population in Households	1,090
Population in Familes	947
Population in Group Qrtrs	0
Population Density²	124
Diversity Index³	9

INCOME
Median Household Income	$40,622
Average Household Income	$59,148
Per Capita Income	$21,489

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	447 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	321 (71.8%)
Renter Occupied HU	75 (16.8%)
Vacant Housing Units	51 (11.4%)
Median Home Value	$109,328
Average Home Value	$156,931

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	396
Average Household Size	2.75
Family Households	292
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	-0.5%	-0.24%
Households	-0.51%	-0.3%
Families	-0.69%	-0.41%
Median Household Income		0.58%
Per Capita Income		1.49%

Higdon, AL 35979 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 35979 to the other 614 ZIP Codes in Alabama by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.