ZIP 35022 · Bessemer
Who lives in ZIP code 35022 (Bessemer, AL): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Bessemer, AL · Jefferson County
uszips 2026
People23,126
Median age43.9
Household income$81,846
Home value$253,351
Median rent$1,175/mo
Poverty12.2%
College degree+34.6%
Commute31 min
Place
- Metro area
- Birmingham, AL
- Wider region
- Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 139 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 9,509
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.5% are 65 or older; 81.1% are adults.
Household income
41.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $42,403.
Education (adults 25+)
40.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 46.6%
- Never married
- 31.2%
- Divorced
- 15.7%
- Widowed
- 6.5%
- Family size
- 3.04
- Dual-income families
- 49.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 77.3%
- Rent burden
- 36.0%
- Men / women
- 47% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 58.9%
- Unemployment
- 5.9%
- Self-employed
- 10.8%
- Farmers
- 0.4%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 37.4%
- Veterans
- 9.6%
- With a disability
- 18.7%
- No health insurance
- 9.5%
- Limited English
- 1.4%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.