Perdido vs Summerdale

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

Perdido 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 515 in Perdido). Summerdale has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $36,983 in Perdido). Summerdale has the higher median home value ($244,900 vs $214,800 in Perdido).

Population, income & housing

	Perdido	Summerdale
Population	515	1,589
Median age	48.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,983	$67,768
Median home value	$214,800	$244,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,038
Housing units	249	691
Homeownership rate	86.9%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perdido	Summerdale
Population	795 → 515 (-35.2%)	1,135 → 1,589 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$43,026 → $36,983 (-14.0%)	$48,750 → $67,768 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $214,800 (+53.3%)	$173,200 → $244,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$821 → $1,038 (+26.4%)

Perdido

Population

795515

Median household income

$43,026$36,983

Median home value

$140,100$214,800

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)

	Perdido	Summerdale
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.7%	15.7%
75 and over	16.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perdido	Summerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	87.5%
Black or African American	11.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	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	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perdido	Summerdale
No high school diploma	21.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perdido	Summerdale
Drove alone	70.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	16.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perdido	Summerdale
1-unit, detached	61.4%	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	38.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Perdido	Summerdale
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1979	2002