Point Clear vs Summerdale

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

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

Point Clear has the higher population (1,858 vs 1,589 in Summerdale). Summerdale has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $45,898 in Point Clear). Point Clear has the higher median home value ($888,700 vs $244,900 in Summerdale).

Population, income & housing

	Point Clear	Summerdale
Population	1,858	1,589
Median age	59.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,898	$67,768
Median home value	$888,700	$244,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,038
Housing units	1,106	691
Homeownership rate	71.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Clear	Summerdale
Population	2,652 → 1,858 (-29.9%)	1,135 → 1,589 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$56,556 → $45,898 (-18.8%)	$48,750 → $67,768 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$508,200 → $888,700 (+74.9%)	$173,200 → $244,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $383 (-63.5%)	$821 → $1,038 (+26.4%)

Point Clear

Population

2,6521,858

Median household income

$56,556$45,898

Median home value

$508,200$888,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$383

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)

	Point Clear	Summerdale
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	0.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	1.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	25.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	19.3%	15.7%
75 and over	19.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Clear	Summerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	26.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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+

	Point Clear	Summerdale
No high school diploma	8.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Clear	Summerdale
Drove alone	94.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Clear	Summerdale
1-unit, detached	86.9%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Point Clear	Summerdale
Poverty rate	14.0%	6.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1993	2002