Hobson City is home to 1,142 people in Alabama. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $108,200. The foreign-born share is 0%. Median rent is $475 a month. Growth has run 30% since 2000, or 264 more people.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,361, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
9% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 35%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Hobson City
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate35.2% → 19.8%(−15.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$89,043 → $108,200(+22%)US over the same years: +67%
Median household income (2024 dollars)$30,692 → $47,361(+54%)US over the same years: +14%
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)3.1%(2)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)41.5%(27)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.6%(29)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 65 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
Hobson City, decade by decade
Hobson City 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
930
$30,692
$89,043
6.3%
4.0
2000
878
$32,041
$80,335
6.3%
17.6
2010
771
$29,721
$90,774
5.8%
32.0
2020
759
$60,778
$93,691
12.9%
41.2
2024
1,142
$47,361
$108,200
9.0%
16.8
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.
