Moving to Sheffield, Alabama

About Sheffield, Alabama
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census. and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023. Sheffield is the birthplace of "country-soul pioneer" and songwriter Arthur Alexander, French horn player Willie Ruff, notable attorney, actor, former senator and presidential contender Fred Thompson, Watergate committee U.S. Senator Howell Heflin and U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, whose father was working in nearby Athens when he was born. It sometimes is referred to as "the City of Senators" due to the births of Heflin, McConnell and Thompson within its borders. Col. Harland Sanders worked for Southern Railway in Sheffield in 1907. It is also home to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where many popular 20th century musicians recorded their work, including Alexander and Ruff. It is the site of historic Helen Keller Hospital, formerly known as Colbert County Hospital, originally constructed in 1921. It was changed to Helen Keller Hospital in 1979, and Keller's birthplace Ivy Green is located less than one mile southwest of the hospital in adjacent Tuscumbia.

Gender
Gender Sheffield Alabama Country
Female 51.1% 51.7% 50.8%
Male 48.9% 48.3% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female51.1%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.015%10%14%9%14%17%8%9%3%2%$50K to $75K16.5%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Sheffield Alabama Country
Less than $10,000 14.7% 8.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 9.8% 5.6% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 14.2% 10.9% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 9.2% 10.5% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 13.8% 13.2% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 16.5% 17.5% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 8.3% 11.8% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 9% 13.1% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 2.8% 4.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 1.7% 4.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.05%12%34%25%8%10%5%1%0%High School or GED34%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Sheffield Alabama Country
< 9th Grade 5% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 12% 9% 7.0%
High School or GED 34% 30% 27.0%
Other College 25% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 10% 16% 20.0%
Master's Degree 5% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Sheffield Alabama  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K14.78.15.89.85.64.114.210.98.59.210.58.613.813.21216.517.517.28.311.812.8913.115.62.84.97.11.74.48.3
Education
 Sheffield Alabama  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade5451297343027252220899101620579122011
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.073%23%0%0%1%0%2%0%White73.4%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Sheffield Alabama Country
White 73.4% 65.2% 60.1%
African American 23.1% 26.4% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 0.1% 1.4% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.4% 0% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.9% 1.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 1% 4.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Sheffield Alabama  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0020406080Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite73.465.260.123.126.412.200.40.60.11.45.60.400.200.20.31.91.92.814.418.2