Brent vs Woodstock

A side-by-side comparison of Brent and Woodstock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brent has the higher population (2,862 vs 1,282 in Woodstock). Woodstock has the higher median household income ($71,154 vs $24,041 in Brent). Woodstock has the higher median home value ($190,700 vs $143,300 in Brent).

Population, income & housing

	Brent	Woodstock
Population	2,862	1,282
Median age	40.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$24,041	$71,154
Median home value	$143,300	$190,700
Median gross rent	$484	$597
Housing units	1,129	486
Homeownership rate	56.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brent	Woodstock
Population	4,803 → 2,862 (-40.4%)	1,972 → 1,282 (-35.0%)
Median household income	$34,283 → $24,041 (-29.9%)	$64,728 → $71,154 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $143,300 (+57.3%)	$130,300 → $190,700 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $484 (-35.8%)	$569 → $597 (+4.9%)

Brent

Population

4,8032,862

Median household income

$34,283$24,041

Median home value

$91,100$143,300

Median gross rent

$754$484

Woodstock

Population

1,9721,282

Median household income

$64,728$71,154

Median home value

$130,300$190,700

Median gross rent

$569$597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brent	Woodstock
Under 5	2.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	6.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.0%
75 and over	3.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brent	Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	87.6%
Black or African American	54.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	0.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brent	Woodstock
No high school diploma	24.9%	16.1%
High school graduate	42.0%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brent	Woodstock
Drove alone	88.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	12.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brent	Woodstock
1-unit, detached	61.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Brent	Woodstock
Poverty rate	47.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.31	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1975	1994