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Underwood-Petersville – Lauderdale County

Underwood-Petersville is a Census-designated place in Lauderdale County, not an incorporated city government. A Florence mailing address can appear on a facility serving this area without making the Census locality, Florence municipal limits and a service territory the same thing. For a move or a household errand, the useful question is which office or facility handles the actual task—not simply which place name appears on the mail.

Underwood-Petersville: cdp boundary from the 2024 U.S. Census Bureau, with the same boundary highlighted in a Northern Alabama locator inset. North is up. Editorial area: Shoals. Not a property or service-boundary map.
Map sources and notes
CDP boundary depiction: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line. Editorial area: Shoals. Not a property, school or utility boundary; confirm current jurisdiction and annexations with the responsible authority. View the full-size boundary map.

Where do household waste and larger cleanup loads go?

Lauderdale County’s solid-waste department distinguishes a landfill destination from its office. Save the right one before loading a vehicle:

Purpose Published location Important distinction
Landfill or transfer-station inquiry 5700 Highway 157 North, Florence, AL 35633 County residents bring a current utility bill and identification for the published resident disposal provision.
Department office 5100 Highway 157 North, Florence, AL 35633 This is not the landfill address. Call 256-760-5878 about the load or account before traveling.

The department lists construction debris, limbs, tires and appliances without Freon among landfill materials, while household waste goes through the transfer station. That is not blanket permission for hazardous or unidentified material. Describe the load when calling; published office hours do not establish the last unloading time.

What should I know about the cart when moving?

County residential collection excludes Florence and Lexington municipal limits, so a postal label alone does not settle service. The county’s residential pickup instructions say the cart stays with the home when you move. Do not pack it with your belongings or assume an extra cart is included in a new account.

The main department page says curbside by 5 a.m.; the pickup page says 5:30 a.m. Both recommend the night before, which avoids relying on the later time. Confirm the actual route for the address rather than treating the CDP boundary as a collection map. For a cleanup involving stormwater rather than disposal, follow the whole roof-runoff and downspout drainage path before paying for a disconnected fix.

Which school contact answers enrollment and bus-zone questions?

The Underwood Elementary School website lists 4725 Highway 157, Florence, AL 35633 and 256-764-8939. That Florence postal address identifies the campus; it does not establish that every property in Underwood-Petersville attends it.

For the address-specific routing question, Lauderdale County Schools’ transportation department explicitly directs bus-route and school-zone questions to transportation@lcschools.org. Give the proposed home’s full address and the student’s grade, rather than relying on the community name or distance to the school. Use the school office for its own enrollment instructions and the district’s transportation contact for the route or zone question; this guide does not assign a school or promise bus eligibility.

Use the address to connect the pieces

Before committing to a property, keep three items separate: the locality shown on the Census map, the provider or department responsible for the address, and the location you must actually visit. A landfill trip, a waste account and a school-zone inquiry have different destinations and evidence. I would use those concrete routines to organize a home search—not treat a familiar postal city or a nearby campus as proof that every service follows the same boundary.

What do the numbers say?

Underwood-Petersville Facts

People

Population
3100
Median age
42.1 years

Homes

Households
1407
Housing units
1461
Vacant housing units
54
Owner-occupied homes
1102
Renter-occupied homes
305

Housing costs

Median owner-occupied home value
$142900
Median gross rent
$820 /mo
Owner costs with mortgage
$930 /mo
Owner costs without mortgage
$440 /mo

Calculated measures

Renters spending 30%+ on housing
45.175439%

Travel

Mean commute
20.6 min

Income

Median household income
$48219
Sources & notes

Population

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±657 persons.

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Median age

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±13.4 years.

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Households

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±338 housing units. Households correspond to occupied housing units.

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Housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±346 housing units.

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Owner-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±311 housing units.

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Renter-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±158 housing units.

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Median household income

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±18276 USD/year. Income is in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

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Vacant housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Housing units. Unit: housing units. Vacant is a Census housing-status category, not a count of homes advertised for sale or rent. Published 90% margin of error: +/-63 housing units.

Source definition

Median owner-occupied home value

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units. Unit: USD. Survey-reported value of owner-occupied homes, not current listings, appraisals or sale prices. Published 90% margin of error: +/-41590 USD.

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Median gross rent

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Unit: USD/month. Gross rent includes contract rent and applicable tenant-paid utilities and fuels; not current advertised rents. Published 90% margin of error: +/-151 USD/month.

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Owner costs with mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units with a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include mortgage payments and applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees; not mortgage payment alone. Published 90% margin of error: +/-67 USD/month.

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Owner costs without mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units without a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees. Published 90% margin of error: +/-20 USD/month.

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Renters spending 30%+ on housing

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Cash-rent renter households with gross rent as a percentage of income computed. Unit: percent. Calculated share with gross rent at least 30% of household income. Excludes households whose percentage cannot be computed. Derived margin of error is unavailable; no unrelated margin is substituted. Formula: 100*(B25070_007E+B25070_008E+B25070_009E+B25070_010E)/(B25070_001E-B25070_011E). Numerator: 103; denominator: 228.

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Mean commute

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year Data Profile DP03_0025E. Mean one-way travel time to work, in minutes; workers age 16 and over who did not work from home. Retained accepted source run profile-31190; source SHA256 097b9dc1979c94ef809352561e32e389771b032607396d637bc4de7c701f8dea, line 551. This reuses accepted source evidence, not a new API fetch. Published 90% margin of error: +/-3.3 minutes. Survey travel time is not a current traffic estimate or a route to a named employer.

Source data

Population and ACS measures may cover different periods; the source notes identify each one. Community averages do not describe an individual household or establish the condition or suitability of a particular property. Estimates and margins are retained without replacing missing or annotated values with zero.

Continue your area search

Explore homes in the Underwood Petersville area search. This map-based view is not an exact Census or service boundary, a complete inventory claim or confirmation of services. Compare the actual listing locations with the questions above.

Explore nearby

Explore source-qualified locations within 20 miles of this locality reference point, including places across county lines.

Red +: locality reference point. Bands: 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 straight-line miles, not travel times or boundaries. Pins show recorded or representative locations; check place pages for access details.

36 source-qualified records within 20 miles.


Browse related locality records

These records share an existing locality tag. They are listed alphabetically, not ranked by distance or suitability.

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Want help connecting the details?

Tell me about your Underwood Petersville buying, selling or relocation plans. I can help organize the home search around the routines and property questions that matter to you, while the responsible offices and providers confirm the address-specific details.

Sources and review notes

Official resources reviewed October 30, 2026. Undated pages are treated as guidance checked on that date; hours, fees and operating arrangements can change. The retained 2024 Census map shows geographic context, not current parcel, school or utility boundaries.

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