Grant is a town in Marshall County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Grant was 1,039,

The town was incorporated on November 15, 1945, with Delbert Hodges serving as the first mayor.

Geography

Grant is located in northeastern Marshall County at an elevation of on the plateau of Gunters Mountain. The town is concentrated along County Road 5 (Cathedral Caverns Highway, signed as Main Street in Grant) near the northern edge of Gunters Mountain, though the town includes corridors along CR 5 southward across the mountain to the shore of Guntersville Lake, and eastward along Baker Mountain Road to the edge of the mountain. Grant is north of Guntersville, southwest of Scottsboro, and southeast of Huntsville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Grant has a total area of , of which , or 0.22%, are water.<br>2013 Estimate

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Grant had a population of 1,039. There were 386 households and 286 families residing in the town. The median age was 35.5 years. 28.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.8 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

Of the 386 households, 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Married-couple households accounted for 61.9%, 12.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In the town the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,188, and the median income for a family was $45,417. Males had a median income of $35,795 versus $29,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,014. About 6.0% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

  • Vernon Derrick, fiddle and mandolin player for Hank Williams Jr's Bama Band in the 1980s

References

  • Best Small Towns in Alabama