Blountsville vs Oneonta

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

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

Oneonta has the higher population (6,943 vs 1,757 in Blountsville). Oneonta has the higher median household income ($47,719 vs $46,555 in Blountsville). Oneonta has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $120,300 in Blountsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blountsville	Oneonta
Population	1,757	6,943
Median age	31.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,555	$47,719
Median home value	$120,300	$195,600
Median gross rent	$821	$644
Housing units	772	3,012
Homeownership rate	57.4%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountsville	Oneonta
Population	2,262 → 1,757 (-22.3%)	6,568 → 6,943 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$36,923 → $46,555 (+26.1%)	$39,669 → $47,719 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $120,300 (+0.7%)	$156,300 → $195,600 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $821 (+43.0%)	$666 → $644 (-3.3%)

Blountsville

Population

2,2621,757

Median household income

$36,923$46,555

Median home value

$119,500$120,300

Median gross rent

$574$821

Oneonta

Population

6,5686,943

Median household income

$39,669$47,719

Median home value

$156,300$195,600

Median gross rent

$666$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountsville	Oneonta
Under 5	10.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	11.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.0%
75 and over	7.5%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountsville	Oneonta
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.2%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountsville	Oneonta
No high school diploma	12.3%	23.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountsville	Oneonta
Drove alone	88.5%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountsville	Oneonta
1-unit, detached	71.8%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Blountsville	Oneonta
Poverty rate	15.6%	22.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1973	1975