Magnolia Springs vs Summerdale

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

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

Summerdale has the higher population (1,589 vs 1,278 in Magnolia Springs). Magnolia Springs has the higher median household income ($93,000 vs $67,768 in Summerdale). Magnolia Springs has the higher median home value ($399,100 vs $244,900 in Summerdale).

Population, income & housing

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
Population	1,278	1,589
Median age	48.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,000	$67,768
Median home value	$399,100	$244,900
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,038
Housing units	564	691
Homeownership rate	86.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
Population	968 → 1,278 (+32.0%)	1,135 → 1,589 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$63,295 → $93,000 (+46.9%)	$48,750 → $67,768 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$251,500 → $399,100 (+58.7%)	$173,200 → $244,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,141 (+37.1%)	$821 → $1,038 (+26.4%)

Magnolia Springs

Population

9681,278

Median household income

$63,295$93,000

Median home value

$251,500$399,100

Median gross rent

$832$1,141

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)

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
Under 5	0.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	9.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	3.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	15.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
No high school diploma	2.8%	12.0%
High school graduate	10.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
Drove alone	71.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
1-unit, detached	95.2%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Magnolia Springs	Summerdale
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1983	2002