Allgood vs Highland Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Allgood and Highland Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allgood has the higher population (788 vs 516 in Highland Lake). Allgood has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $65,625 in Highland Lake). Highland Lake has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $102,000 in Allgood).

Population, income & housing

	Allgood	Highland Lake
Population	788	516
Median age	30.4 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,125	$65,625
Median home value	$102,000	$268,500
Median gross rent	$773	$950
Housing units	205	323
Homeownership rate	66.3%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	27.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allgood	Highland Lake
Population	706 → 788 (+11.6%)	416 → 516 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $73,125 (+75.5%)	$60,875 → $65,625 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $102,000 (-2.4%)	$225,000 → $268,500 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $773 (+19.7%)	$900 → $950 (+5.6%)

Allgood

Population

706788

Median household income

$41,667$73,125

Median home value

$104,500$102,000

Median gross rent

$646$773

Highland Lake

Population

416516

Median household income

$60,875$65,625

Median home value

$225,000$268,500

Median gross rent

$900$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allgood	Highland Lake
Under 5	13.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	25.9%	3.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	31.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	22.1%
75 and over	2.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allgood	Highland Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	60.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allgood	Highland Lake
No high school diploma	41.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	28.1%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allgood	Highland Lake
Drove alone	79.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allgood	Highland Lake
1-unit, detached	55.1%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allgood	Highland Lake
Poverty rate	31.6%	10.3%
Average household size	4.35	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	40	42
Median year structure built	1985	1979