Blountsville vs Snead

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

Blountsville and Snead 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 1,490 in Snead). Blountsville has the higher median household income ($46,555 vs $46,075 in Snead). Snead has the higher median home value ($169,400 vs $120,300 in Blountsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blountsville	Snead
Population	1,757	1,490
Median age	31.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,555	$46,075
Median home value	$120,300	$169,400
Median gross rent	$821	—
Housing units	772	666
Homeownership rate	57.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountsville	Snead
Population	2,262 → 1,757 (-22.3%)	893 → 1,490 (+66.9%)
Median household income	$36,923 → $46,555 (+26.1%)	$53,636 → $46,075 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $120,300 (+0.7%)	$117,600 → $169,400 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $821 (+43.0%)	$541 → $660 (+22.0%)

Blountsville

Population

2,2621,757

Median household income

$36,923$46,555

Median home value

$119,500$120,300

Median gross rent

$574$821

Snead

Population

8931,490

Median household income

$53,636$46,075

Median home value

$117,600$169,400

Median gross rent

$541$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountsville	Snead
Under 5	10.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	20.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.7%
75 and over	7.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountsville	Snead
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	80.0%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountsville	Snead
No high school diploma	12.3%	26.1%
High school graduate	37.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountsville	Snead
Drove alone	88.5%	79.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountsville	Snead
1-unit, detached	71.8%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Blountsville	Snead
Poverty rate	15.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	40
Median year structure built	1973	1995