Tuscaloosa is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Tuscaloosa has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Tuscaloosa enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Tuscaloosa.
Not only is Tuscaloosa a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Tuscaloosa is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Tuscaloosa a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
The education level of Tuscaloosa citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.08% of adults in Tuscaloosa have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tuscaloosa in 2022 was $30,761, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,044 for a family of four. However, Tuscaloosa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tuscaloosa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tuscaloosa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tuscaloosa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tuscaloosa include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Tuscaloosa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
