Elberta vs Summerdale

A side-by-side comparison of Elberta and Summerdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Elberta and Summerdale are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elberta has the higher population (2,209 vs 1,589 in Summerdale). Summerdale has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $57,996 in Elberta). Summerdale has the higher median home value ($244,900 vs $215,600 in Elberta).

Population, income & housing

	Elberta	Summerdale
Population	2,209	1,589
Median age	49.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,996	$67,768
Median home value	$215,600	$244,900
Median gross rent	$900	$1,038
Housing units	1,140	691
Homeownership rate	70.4%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elberta	Summerdale
Population	1,709 → 2,209 (+29.3%)	1,135 → 1,589 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$40,278 → $57,996 (+44.0%)	$48,750 → $67,768 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $215,600 (+77.9%)	$173,200 → $244,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $900 (+33.1%)	$821 → $1,038 (+26.4%)

Elberta

Population

1,7092,209

Median household income

$40,278$57,996

Median home value

$121,200$215,600

Median gross rent

$676$900

Summerdale

Population

1,1351,589

Median household income

$48,750$67,768

Median home value

$173,200$244,900

Median gross rent

$821$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elberta	Summerdale
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.7%
75 and over	9.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elberta	Summerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elberta	Summerdale
No high school diploma	12.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elberta	Summerdale
Drove alone	82.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	2.9%
Other means	5.1%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elberta	Summerdale
1-unit, detached	57.5%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Elberta	Summerdale
Poverty rate	22.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1993	2002