Blountsville vs Smoke Rise

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

Blountsville and Smoke Rise 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 1,469 in Smoke Rise). Smoke Rise has the higher median household income ($120,100 vs $46,555 in Blountsville). Smoke Rise has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $120,300 in Blountsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
Population	1,757	1,469
Median age	31.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,555	$120,100
Median home value	$120,300	$223,200
Median gross rent	$821	—
Housing units	772	464
Homeownership rate	57.4%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
Population	2,262 → 1,757 (-22.3%)	2,101 → 1,469 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$36,923 → $46,555 (+26.1%)	$94,489 → $120,100 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $120,300 (+0.7%)	$159,200 → $223,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $821 (+43.0%)	$867 → $975 (+12.5%)

Blountsville

Population

2,2621,757

Median household income

$36,923$46,555

Median home value

$119,500$120,300

Median gross rent

$574$821

Smoke Rise

Population

2,1011,469

Median household income

$94,489$120,100

Median home value

$159,200$223,200

Median gross rent

$867$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
Under 5	10.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	11.9%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	1.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.0%
75 and over	7.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
No high school diploma	12.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.3%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
Drove alone	88.5%	86.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	12.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
1-unit, detached	71.8%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Blountsville	Smoke Rise
Poverty rate	15.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.75	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1973	1977