| Back to United States. City: Bessemer, AL Population (2000): 31,627
Housing units: 13,798 Land area: 22.3 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi. White population: 7635 Black population: 23465 American Indian population: 87 Asian population: 51 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 8 Some other race population: 139 Two or more races population: 242 Urban population: 31094 Rural population: 533 Median age: 35.9 Average household size: 2.55 Median household income (1999): $21772
 
Nearest zip codes: 35228, 35061, 35022, 35221, 35023, 35064.
Year house built:
- 1999 to March 2000: 67
- 1995 to 1998: 299
- 1990 to 1994: 230
- 1980 to 1989: 1024
- 1970 to 1979: 2045
- 1960 to 1969: 2819
- 1950 to 1959: 2771
- 1940 to 1949: 2219
- 1939 or earlier: 2377
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bessemer, AL (35020):
- no bedroom: 21
- 1 bedrooms: 242
- 2 bedrooms: 2296
- 3 bedrooms: 3855
- 4 bedrooms: 856
- 5 or more bedrooms: 214
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
- no bedroom: 125
- 1 bedrooms: 1110
- 2 bedrooms: 1908
- 3 bedrooms: 1269
- 4 bedrooms: 275
- 5 or more bedrooms: 38
Vehicles available in 35020 zip code in owner-occupied houses:
- no vehicle: 797
- 1 vehicle: 2836
- 2 vehicles: 2411
- 3 vehicles: 1047
- 4 vehicles: 252
- 5 or more vehicles: 141
Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:
- no vehicle: 1528
- 1 vehicle: 2240
- 2 vehicles: 728
- 3 vehicles: 173
- 4 vehicles: 36
- 5 or more vehicles: 20
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in zip code 35020:
- Less than $10,000: 116
- $10,000 to $14,999: 164
- $15,000 to $19,999: 161
- $20,000 to $24,999: 308
- $25,000 to $29,999: 485
- $30,000 to $34,999: 542
- $35,000 to $39,999: 564
- $40,000 to $49,999: 1305
- $50,000 to $59,999: 1043
- $60,000 to $69,999: 670
- $70,000 to $79,999: 514
- $80,000 to $89,999: 319
- $90,000 to $99,999: 184
- $100,000 to $124,999: 253
- $125,000 to $149,999: 94
- $150,000 to $174,999: 91
- $175,000 to $199,999: 36
- $200,000 to $249,999: 55
- $250,000 to $299,999: 12
- $300,000 to $399,999: 8
- $400,000 to $499,999: 0
- $500,000 to $749,999: 0
- $750,000 to $999,999: 0
- $1,000,000 or more: 0
First ancestries reported:
- Other groups: 19318
- United States or American: 2106
- Irish: 592
- Subsaharan African:: 445
- African: 425
- English: 415
- German: 398
- Italian: 198
- Scotch-Irish: 108
- Scottish: 65
- French (except Basque): 64
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 62
- Polish: 48
- British: 43
- Dutch: 34
- Bermudan: 31
- European: 30
- French Canadian: 21
- Nigerian: 20
- Romanian: 17
- Swiss: 17
- Turkish: 15
- Jamaican: 15
- Hungarian: 13
- Other West Indian: 11
- Norwegian: 8
- Welsh: 8
- Armenian: 8
- Canadian: 7
- Czech: 6
- Greek: 6
- Lebanese: 6
- Arab:: 6
- Pennsylvania German: 5
- Bahamian: 5
- Austrian: 3
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