36027Eufaula, Alabama

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 36027.

50out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 16% of 5,298 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity6086th of 6,210 ZIP areas measured19
Growth4833rd of 5,428 ZIP areas measured25
Housing affordabilityTop 9% of 6,685 ZIP areas measured100
ClimateTop 33% of 6,789 ZIP areas measured74
Physical resilience3662nd of 6,709 ZIP areas measured54
Access5963rd of 6,791 ZIP areas measured70
Economic stability6500th of 6,742 ZIP areas measured22
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 5.1% and the Opportunity signal places 36027 in the bottom 2%.

15 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 7% of the prior year — steady rather than turning.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 18% of median household income and the median home is 2.8 times it.

At a glance

Population
14,869
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$47,825
Bottom 12% nationally
Density
51/sq mi
290.4 sq mi of land
Median age
40.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Eufaula
Alabama
Metro area
Eufaula, AL-GA
Nearest major airport
DHN
48 mi · Dothan Rgnl
Median home value
$131,800
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.1% is lower than 25% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 2.3% over the past year, to 8,157 employed residents.

Median household income of $47,825 is below 88% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$4,151$47,825Bottom 12%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,075$26,934Bottom 18%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate20.4%Top 18%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute25.8 minBottom 39%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher14.1%Bottom 22%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment8,157Bottom 1%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-2.0%Bottom 20%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-2.3%Bottom 14%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force8,593Bottom 1%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation52.8%Bottom 25%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)1.2%Top 3%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate5.1%Top 25%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202448k37k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $47,825 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Eufaula, AL, the city containing this ZIP code.

There are 16.4 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
5
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
16.4
across all schools here
Math proficiency
Reading proficiency
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Eufaula High SchoolEufaula City72817.3
Eufaula Primary SchoolEufaula City62316.8
Moorer Middle SchoolEufaula City49514.6
Eufaula Elementary SchoolEufaula City47116.8
Hope AcademyEufaula City0

72.2% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Alabama’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $709 takes 18% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.8 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
17.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.8×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$709
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$131,800
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income2.76Bottom 38%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate65.9%Bottom 23%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±2357,494Top 21%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$57$709Bottom 13%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,350$131,800Bottom 21%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income17.8%Top 49%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate20.3%Top 26%of 33,0282024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
25/ 100
Ranks 4833 of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 1.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
15
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.2
Bottom 29% nationally
Year over year
+7%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Eufaula, AL, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 37°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 53.3 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station WEEDON FLD AP, 3.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation53.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low37°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high94°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing34°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

54 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, heat wave and drought.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 73% of measured US ZIP areas.

HurricaneElevated
DroughtModerate
Heat waveModerate
LightningModerate
LandslideModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, earthquake, inland flooding, wildfire, hail, strong wind, ice storm, winter weather.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes and full cost of living
No public source publishes either with national coverage and a method open enough to check. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 48 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Dothan RgnlDHN48 mi8,500 ft
Montgomery Rgnl (Dannelly Fld)MGM74 mi9,020 ft
Bob SikesCEW114 mi8,006 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

36027 vs Eufaula

How this ZIP area compares with Eufaula as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

36027
Eufaula
Median household income
$47,825
vs
$47,392
Per capita income
$26,934
vs
$27,021
Population density
51/sq mi
vs
211/sq mi
Median home value
$131,800
vs
$139,900
Median gross rent
$709
vs
$698
Homeownership rate
65.9%
vs
61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
14.1%
vs
15.1%
Poverty rate
20.4%
vs
20.4%
Median age
40.3
vs
36.8

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.