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Lee County, AL

People
Population	181,134	B01003
Population, 2020 census	174,241	P1
Median age	34.0	B01002
Under 18	20.9%	B01001
65 and over	13.3%	B01001
Households	69,436	B11001
Foreign born	7.0%	B05002

Money
Median household income	$65,824	B19013
Median family income	$94,548	B19113
Per capita income	$35,940	B19301
Poverty rate	18.9%	B17001
Unemployment rate	3.5%	B23025
Civilian labor force	88,396	B23025
Mean commute (minutes)	22.3	B08013

Education
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	B15003

Housing
Housing units	79,619	B25001
Owner-occupied	66.3%	B25003
Renters	33.7%	B25003
Median home value	$262,200	B25077
Median gross rent	$1,058	B25064

Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic	65.3%	B03002
Black	21.6%	B03002
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	B03002
Asian	4.3%	B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.0%	B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 103% of Alabama's ($63,999); poverty 18.9% against 15.6%; 3.6% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

Auburn 80,594 · median household income $63,668
Opelika 32,820 · median household income $65,004
Smiths Station 5,496 · median household income $64,669
Waverly 315 · median household income $81,953
Loachapoka 223 · median household income $41,985

FURP records in Lee County, AL

Records	How many	Total	Biggest
Nonprofits	1,329	$495,313,039 revenue (latest return)	AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($127,082,174)
Nonprofit contractors	78	$153,066,323 paid by nonprofits	Bailey Harris Construction ($52,069,237)
Colleges and schools	2	33,015 enrollment	Auburn University (33,015)
Form D issuers	107	$178,107,108 amount sold	SiO2 Medical Products, Inc. ($48,000,000)
Political committees	27		JOHN RICE FOR CONGRESS
Form 5500 plan sponsors	407	482 plans	CUMBERLAND PLASTIC SYSTEMS (7)
Open Payments recipients	560	$2,811,734 industry payments	NEIL EDWARD SCHAFFNER M.D. ($641,917)
Food recall firms	1	1 recalls	Pop’s Que and Stew (1)
Patent and trademark owners	372	1,407 patents and marks	Auburn University (391)
Federal award recipients	8,230	$3,725,682,668 federal awards	AUBURN UNIVERSITY ($1,924,815,131)
State business registrations	795		WINKELMANN FLOWFORM TECHNOLOGY

Cross-reference: 1,329 nonprofits for 181,134 residents is 73.4 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $495,313,039 is $2,735 per resident, 10.8% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#	Name	Title	Organization	Pay	Year	Times the median household income
1	JOHN O JACOBS	DIRECTOR	TIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION	$3,653,264	2018	55.5x
2	STEVEN LEATH FORMER	DIRECTOR	TIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION	$1,984,500	2020	30.1x
3	GEORGE J GOGUE	DIRECTOR	TIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION	$1,172,090	2021	17.8x
4	STEVEN LEATH	DIRECTOR	TIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION	$1,151,165	2018	17.5x
5	CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS	BOARD MEMBER, Ex Officio	AUBURN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION	$909,595	2024	13.8x
6	LAURA GRILL	TRUSTEE	EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE BENEF ASSOC TRU	$874,253	2024	13.3x
7	TERRY ANDRUS	CHAIRMAN	EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE BENEF ASSOC TRU	$847,282	2018	12.9x
8	C ALLEN GREENE	DIRECTOR	TIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION	$808,933	2021	12.3x
9	SAM PRICE	TRUSTEE	EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE BENEF ASSOC TRU	$700,671	2024	10.6x
10	HENRY H ARMSTRONG	PRESIDENT AND CEO/TREAS.	AUBURN UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION	$636,025	2024	9.7x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $65,824.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Auburn, AL · $127,082,174
TIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION Auburn, AL · $91,303,728
EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE BENEF ASSOC TRU Opelika, AL · $35,792,882
LUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC Auburn, AL · $16,563,360
FOOD BANK OF EAST ALABAMA INC Auburn, AL · $13,924,217
ALABAMA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS Auburn, AL · $12,016,228
AUBURN UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION Auburn, AL · $11,945,981
LEE COUNTY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC Opelika, AL · $10,561,250
LEE SCOTT ACADEMY INC Auburn, AL · $10,469,166
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC Auburn, AL · $9,119,773

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Bailey Harris Construction Auburn, AL · $52,069,237
IVM SOLUTIONS Auborn, AL · $15,286,396
RABREN GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC Auburn, AL · $9,730,766
Rabren General Contractors LP Auburn, AL · $6,180,912
CLEANING SOLUTIONS Auburn, AL · $4,960,134
RD ENTERPRISES INC Auburn, AL · $4,742,244
REBREN GENERAL CONTRACTORS Auburn, AL · $4,518,250
FAIRWAY AUTO BROKERS Opelika, AL · $4,471,452
J F SMITH GROUP INC Auburn, AL · $4,149,532
TERRA COTTA CATERING CO Auburn, AL · $3,679,943

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Auburn University Auburn, AL · 33,015
Bluefield University - Edward Via College - Auburn Auburn, AL

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

SiO2 Medical Products, Inc. Auburn, AL · $48,000,000
AIM-FactorFund-2021 LLC Auburn, AL · $19,200,000
Vitruvias Therapeutics, Inc. Auburn, AL · $11,900,000
FactorFund-Note-2022 LLC Auburn, AL · $8,000,000
AIM South Fund, LLC Opelika, AL · $7,425,000
Decatur Hotels II, LLC Opelika, AL · $6,300,000
Madison Hotels III, LLC Opelika, AL · $5,780,000
Opelika Hotels III, LLC Opelika, AL · $4,930,000
XO Armor Technologies, Inc. Auburn, AL · $4,755,000
MH 2019, a series of AIM Master, LLC Opelika, AL · $4,220,700

Political committees

CARVILLE '96 Auburn, AL
COACH PAC Auburn, AL
COMMITTEE TO ELECT BEN HAND TO U S CONGRESS Auburn, AL
COMMITTEE TO ELECT ERDEY FOR SENATOR Auburn, AL
COMMITTEE TO ELECT JESSE T SMITH FOR CONGRESS Phenix City, AL
COMMITTEE TO ELECT WHIT GUERIN Auburn, AL
DEFEND OUR VALUES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DOV PAC) Opelika, AL
DICHIARA FOR CONGRESS Auburn, AL
DON SLEDGE FOR U S CONGRESS Auburn, AL
DON SLEDGE FOR US CONGRESS Auburn, AL

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

NEIL EDWARD SCHAFFNER M.D. Auburn, AL · $641,917
KEVIN NASH Auburn, AL · $341,343
NOJAN VALADI Auburn, AL · $219,201
MOLLY C REEVES Auburn, AL · $158,240
WILLIAM R BLYTHE Opelika, AL · $105,705
East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, AL · $75,509
East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, AL · $62,424
JOHN TOLE Auburn, AL · $34,902
CHRISTOPHER HOPE Opelika, AL · $31,507
CHELSEA ZIMMERMAN Opelika, AL · $28,901

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Pop’s Que and Stew Opelika, AL · 1

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Auburn University Auburn, AL · 391
CSP Technologies, Inc. Auburn, AL · 138
SiO2 Medical Products, Inc. Auburn, AL · 73
Alligare, LLC Opelika, AL · 34
CoachComm, LLC Auburn, AL · 26
V2 Composites, Inc. Auburn, AL · 21
C.O. Branded Corporation Auburn, AL · 19
Health Information Designs, Inc. Auburn, AL · 13
Capitol Vial, Inc. Auburn, AL · 12
Envirogreen, LLC Auburn, AL · 12

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

AUBURN UNIVERSITY Auburn University, AL · $1,924,815,131
SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC Auburn, AL · $198,001,328
AUBURN UNIVERSITY Auburn, AL · $128,397,460
MDT ARMOR CORP Auburn, AL · $124,229,386
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA Opelika, AL · $92,244,568
M D T ARMOR CORPORATION Auburn, AL · $83,659,474
AUBURN HOUSING AUTHORITY Auburn, AL · $76,870,158
ALABAMA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS INC. Auburn, AL · $73,121,410
BILLY W. JARRETT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. Auburn, AL · $66,072,994
ALABAMA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS INC. Auburn, AL · $54,260,575

All 48 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

Tract	Population	Median household income	Poverty rate	Median age
Census Tract 406.02	9,371	$91,116	23.5%	29.0
Census Tract 420.02	9,033	$87,750	14.0%	37.8
Census Tract 410.01	8,587	$125,677	2.3%	35.4
Census Tract 405.01	7,534	$128,940	5.0%	42.7
Census Tract 407	6,531	$15,667	72.9%	19.7
Census Tract 417.03	6,000	$66,586	10.4%	39.9
Census Tract 412	5,987	$107,550	5.6%	43.5
Census Tract 421.04	5,966	$81,186	5.8%	42.5
Census Tract 405.02	5,579	$66,004	11.9%	30.6
Census Tract 420.08	5,271	$80,679	8.8%	33.9
Census Tract 409.04	5,079	$59,986	30.5%	28.1
Census Tract 410.02	5,069	$54,597	15.2%	41.5
Census Tract 421.01	4,374	$59,412	27.5%	38.5
Census Tract 409.01	4,272	$75,950	12.7%	33.2
Census Tract 420.05	4,043	$72,083	7.1%	40.6
Census Tract 402.01	3,924	$36,793	48.9%	22.4
Census Tract 414	3,751	$32,962	40.8%	32.7
Census Tract 411.02	3,631	$49,830	13.8%	38.5
Census Tract 411.04	3,625	$83,750	6.9%	45.1
Census Tract 419.03	3,530	$64,860	4.4%	45.6
Census Tract 420.03	3,526	$75,573	15.2%	43.1
Census Tract 416	3,515	$31,766	37.3%	37.3
Census Tract 419.02	3,367	$85,889	8.3%	45.3
Census Tract 418.03	3,335	$79,273	10.8%	46.1
Census Tract 403	3,252	$37,994	32.8%	25.0
Census Tract 402.02	3,207	$57,059	21.6%	34.5
Census Tract 420.07	3,164	$77,917	12.6%	38.9
Census Tract 419.01	3,151	$110,474	6.0%	44.8
Census Tract 417.01	3,148	$83,833	6.5%	43.1
Census Tract 413	3,111	$54,177	27.0%	40.3
Census Tract 417.02	3,024	$44,597	18.8%	44.4
Census Tract 404.02	2,744	$108,558	14.0%	46.0
Census Tract 406.06	2,555	$27,083	59.9%	21.9
Census Tract 404.01	2,454	$24,360	54.2%	22.5
Census Tract 411.01	2,433	$28,275	18.9%	43.7
Census Tract 418.01	2,353	$82,448	9.9%	38.9
Census Tract 418.02	2,329	$64,176	12.8%	38.9
Census Tract 421.03	2,288	$63,036	18.4%	34.4
Census Tract 408.01	2,272	$16,016	80.2%	21.4
Census Tract 420.09	2,146	$59,375	2.7%	35.2
Census Tract 409.03	1,864	$40,432	46.3%	23.7
Census Tract 411.03	1,834	$54,129	20.2%	31.1
Census Tract 404.03	1,829	$121,534	20.6%	41.2
Census Tract 420.06	1,668	$66,326	23.6%	39.0
Census Tract 406.03	1,526	$22,464	62.6%	23.3
Census Tract 406.05	1,357	$27,196	41.9%	23.8
Census Tract 406.07	1,292	$49,316	19.1%	26.5
Census Tract 408.02	1,233	$15,241	81.4%	21.8

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0