Blue Springs vs Clio

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Springs and Clio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clio has the higher population (1,393 vs 95 in Blue Springs). Blue Springs has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $29,781 in Clio). Blue Springs has the higher median home value ($72,100 vs $60,400 in Clio).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Clio
Population	95	1,393
Median age	61.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$29,781
Median home value	$72,100	$60,400
Median gross rent	—	$448
Housing units	49	707
Homeownership rate	95.6%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Clio
Population	79 → 95 (+20.3%)	1,015 → 1,393 (+37.2%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $50,625 (+30.6%)	$21,736 → $29,781 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $72,100 (+17.6%)	$55,600 → $60,400 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$429 → $448 (+4.4%)

Blue Springs

Population

7995

Median household income

$38,750$50,625

Median home value

$61,300$72,100

Clio

Population

1,0151,393

Median household income

$21,736$29,781

Median home value

$55,600$60,400

Median gross rent

$429$448

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Clio
Under 5	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	4.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	2.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	16.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	29.5%	16.0%
75 and over	17.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Clio
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	17.0%
Black or African American	17.9%	58.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Clio
No high school diploma	5.7%	37.7%
High school graduate	56.3%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Clio
Drove alone	88.2%	68.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Clio
1-unit, detached	63.3%	40.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	43.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Clio
Poverty rate	7.4%	35.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1979	1982