With 8,938 people, Tuskegee is a city in Alabama. This skews young, with a median age of 22.9. 41% of homes are owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 29.0%, above the 12.5% national rate. The typical home is worth $104,800, having risen by half since 2000. Households here earn about 41% less than in Alabama as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $38,000, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 22.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
29% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 9%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Tuskegee
What changed most since 1990
White share2.5% → 11.8%(+9.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$118,323 → $104,800(−11%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants54.0% → 40.9%(−13.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Tuskegee's population equals 48% of Macon County's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 33% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 62% 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)13.9%(50)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.5%(92)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.9%(90)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.7%(6)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 361 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
Tuskegee, decade by decade
Tuskegee 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
12,257
$37,275
$118,323
27.6%
7.7
2000
11,846
$34,409
$115,129
27.8%
12.0
2010
9,865
$34,887
$119,689
30.4%
11.5
2020
9,395
$34,699
$98,539
26.6%
13.7
2024
8,938
$38,000
$104,800
29.2%
34.9
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.
