page_title: Thomasville, Alabama
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Thomasville, Alabama / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Downtown Thomasville, Alabama. Looking west down West Front Street.
context_page_description: Thomasville is a city in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 4,209. Founded as a late 19th-century railroad town, it has transitioned over the course of more than a century into a 21st-century commercial hub. It is the childhood hometown of author and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham.
context_section_description: The economy of Thomasville is largely based on retail trade and the service sector, with the city serving as a regional commercial hub.  Its trade area is much larger than is indicated by its small population.
  In 2000, the U.S, Census Bureau recorded that 58.5% of the population was in the work force with 20.6% of families and 23.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 31.9% of those under age 18 and 25.2% of those age 65 or over.  The median income for a household in the city was $26,549, and the median income for a family was $32,476. Males had a median income of $32,212 versus $21,319 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,916.
caption: Downtown Thomasville in 2008, looking west up Wilson Avenue.
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