Blountsville vs Hayden

A side-by-side comparison of Blountsville and Hayden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blountsville has the higher population (1,757 vs 1,453 in Hayden). Hayden has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $46,555 in Blountsville). Hayden has the higher median home value ($233,500 vs $120,300 in Blountsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blountsville	Hayden
Population	1,757	1,453
Median age	31.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,555	$80,625
Median home value	$120,300	$233,500
Median gross rent	$821	$1,175
Housing units	772	593
Homeownership rate	57.4%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountsville	Hayden
Population	2,262 → 1,757 (-22.3%)	1,244 → 1,453 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$36,923 → $46,555 (+26.1%)	$57,448 → $80,625 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $120,300 (+0.7%)	$155,100 → $233,500 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $821 (+43.0%)	$911 → $1,175 (+29.0%)

Blountsville

Population

2,2621,757

Median household income

$36,923$46,555

Median home value

$119,500$120,300

Median gross rent

$574$821

Hayden

Population

1,2441,453

Median household income

$57,448$80,625

Median home value

$155,100$233,500

Median gross rent

$911$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountsville	Hayden
Under 5	10.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.2%
75 and over	7.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountsville	Hayden
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	95.0%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountsville	Hayden
No high school diploma	12.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountsville	Hayden
Drove alone	88.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	9.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountsville	Hayden
1-unit, detached	71.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Blountsville	Hayden
Poverty rate	15.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1973	1986