People QuickFacts Homewood Alabama Population, 2011 estimate 25,183 4,802,740 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 25,167 4,779,735 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.1% 0.5% Population, 2010 25,167 4,779,736 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.3% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.8% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.1% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.1% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 74.6% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 17.3% 26.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.2% 1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.4% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 7.3% 3.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 72.0% 67.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 74.6% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 10.0% 3.4% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 11.2% 4.9% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 95.0% 81.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 59.4% 21.7% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 16.6 23.9  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 57.1% 71.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 43.1% 15.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $296,500 $117,600 Households, 2006-2010 9,630 1,821,210 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.38 2.53 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $30,601 $22,984 Median household income 2006-2010 $57,215 $42,081 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 10.1% 17.1%     Business QuickFacts Homewood Alabama Total number of firms, 2007 2,767 382,350 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.2% 14.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.3% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 594,323 112,858,843 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 670,515 52,252,752 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 662,813 57,344,851 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $27,594 $12,364 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 142,533 6,426,342     Geography QuickFacts Homewood Alabama Land area in square miles, 2010 8.36 50,645.33 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,009.7 94.4 FIPS Code 35800 01 Counties Jefferson County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts