Needham, AL

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Tommy Tuberville

Republican Party

US Senator

Katie Britt

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

55.2

8.66% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

2.53%

58% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$87,500

10.9% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$175,000

Economy

The economy of Needham, AL employs 45 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Needham, AL were Retail Trade (16 people), Transportation & Warehousing (14 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (8 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($43,333), Health Care & Social Assistance ($43,333), and Retail Trade ($36,250).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 88

−10%

1 Year decline

± 293%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Needham, AL declined at a rate of −10%, from 50 employees to 45 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Needham, AL, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (21 people), Sales & Related Occupations (6 people), and Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (5 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Needham, AL.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Alabama.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Alabama (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 88

−10%

1 Year decline

± 293%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Needham, AL declined at a rate of −10%, from 50 employees to 45 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Needham, AL, are Retail Trade (16 people), Transportation & Warehousing (14 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (8 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Needham, AL, though some of these residents may live in Needham, AL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$92,917

Median earning men ± $113,692

$61,250

Median earning women ± $38,808

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($35,313).

Housing & Living

People in Needham, AL have an average commute time of 45 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Needham, AL is higher than the national average, with an average of 4 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$175,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$167,097

$26

Median Property Taxes

±$42

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Needham, AL the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Needham, AL compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$87,500

Median Household Income

± $37,476

Number of Households

± 35

In 2024, the median household income of the 28 households in Needham, AL grew to $87,500 from the previous year's value of $78,906.

The following chart displays the households in Needham, AL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Needham, AL is from Alabama.

0.454

2024 Wage GINI in Alabama

0.456

2023 Wage GINI in Alabama

In 2024, the income inequality in Alabama was 0.454 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.411% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Alabama was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Alabama in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Alabama across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (97.8%)
Carpooled (2.22%)

In 2024, 97.8% of workers in Needham, AL drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (2.22%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

45 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Needham, AL have a longer commute time (45 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Needham, AL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Needham, AL compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

4 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Needham, AL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Needham, AL have 4 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

2.53% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Needham, AL (2 out of 79 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Needham, AL is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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