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Helen Keller Birthplace

Official website for Helen Keller Birthplace

Helen Keller Birthplace is a Museum located in Colbert County, which is in the geographic Shoals Area in Northern Alabama. It is a Point of Interest in Tuscumbia. Helen Keller Birthplace is located at 300 N Commons St W, Tuscumbia, AL 35674-1134, in zip code 35674, with the nearest city/town being Tuscumbia.

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Local area facts for Tuscumbia – Colbert County

Tuscumbia Facts

People

Population
9332
Median age
40.3 years

Homes

Households
3640
Housing units
4090
Vacant housing units
450
Owner-occupied homes
2377
Renter-occupied homes
1263

Housing costs

Median owner-occupied home value
$196700
Median gross rent
$748 /mo
Owner costs with mortgage
$1162 /mo
Owner costs without mortgage
$421 /mo

Calculated measures

Renters spending 30%+ on housing
47.598628%

Travel

Mean commute
23.2 min

Income

Median household income
$59143
Sources & notes

Population

U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025; resident population as of July 1, 2025. ACS sampling margins of error do not apply.

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Median age

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±4.1 years.

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Households

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±323 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: ±424 housing units.

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Owner-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±279 housing units.

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Renter-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±274 housing units.

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Median household income

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±6286 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: +/-264 housing units.

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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: +/-21582 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: +/-84 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: +/-147 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: +/-54 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: 555; denominator: 1166.

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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 548. This reuses accepted source evidence, not a new API fetch. Published 90% margin of error: +/-5.5 minutes. Survey travel time is not a current traffic estimate or a route to a named employer.

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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.

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