With 12,584 people, Eufaula is a city in Alabama. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. The typical home is worth $139,900, having more than doubled since 2000. 3% of locals were born outside the United States. Renters pay $698 a month at the median. Households here earn about 26% less than in Alabama as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,392, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Eufaula
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$121,443 → $139,900(+15%)US over the same years: +67%
Black share34.5% → 44.4%(+9.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Eufaula's population equals 51% of Barbour County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 67% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 39% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.8%(126)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.4%(113)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.5%(202)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.7%(37)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 553 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Eufaula, decade by decade
Eufaula population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
13,220
$52,610
$121,443
15.5%
58.3
2000
13,908
$50,842
$135,349
16.5%
64.3
2010
13,137
$48,947
$190,035
18.8%
69.4
2020
12,882
$42,074
$150,050
17.2%
73.1
2024
12,584
$47,392
$139,900
15.1%
74.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
