Moving to Fort Rucker, Alabama
Population: 6,052
Males: 3,439 (56.8%), Females: 2,613 (43.2%)
Zip code: 36362
Demographics
Median resident age: 24.5 years
Median household income: $34,603
Median house value: $85,000
Population by Race
Races in Fort Rucker:
- White Non-Hispanic (63.5%)
- Black (18.1%)
- Hispanic (11.7%)
- Other race (5.3%)
- Two or more races (4.3%)
- American Indian (1.8%)
- Korean (0.7%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.7%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (16.2%), United States (10.3%), Irish (10.1%), English (6.3%), Italian (4.3%), Scottish (2.2%).
Land area: 10.9 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Fort Rucker
- High school or higher: 97.3%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 27.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 10.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Fort Rucker CDP
- Never married: 20.0%
- Now married: 73.7%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 0.0%
- Divorced: 4.7%
6.2% Foreign born (2.4% Latin America, 2.0% Europe, 1.6% Asia).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Fort Rucker:
- DALE MED CTR GER PSY UNIT NEW DAY SENI (about 9 miles; OZARK, AL)
- MEDICAL CENTER ENTERPRISE (about 10 miles; ENTERPRISE, AL)
- FLOWERS HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; DOTHAN, AL)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fort Rucker:
- DOTHAN RGNL (about 20 miles; DOTHAN, AL; Abbreviation: DHN)
- PANAMA CITY-BAY CO INTL (about 79 miles; PANAMA CITY, FL; Abbreviation: PFN)
- MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FIELD) (about 81 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; Abbreviation: MGM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fort Rucker:
- LOWE AHP (FORT RUCKER) (about 3 miles; FORT RUCKER OZARK, AL; Abbreviation: LOR)
- BLACKWELL FIELD (about 9 miles; OZARK, AL; Abbreviation: 71J)
- ENTERPRISE MUNI (about 13 miles; ENTERPRISE, AL; Abbreviation: EDN)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fort Rucker:
- GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN (about 22 miles; DOTHAN, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,703)
- TROY STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 38 miles; TROY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 9,143)
- AUBURN UNIVERSITY-MONTGOMERY (about 71 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,677)
- TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; TUSKEGEE, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,732)
- OKALOOSA-WALTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 78 miles; NICEVILLE, FL; Full-time enrollment: 3,374)
- ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 4,359)
- FAULKNER UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,283)