Hayden vs Smoke Rise

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

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

Smoke Rise has the higher population (1,469 vs 1,453 in Hayden). Smoke Rise has the higher median household income ($120,100 vs $80,625 in Hayden). Hayden has the higher median home value ($233,500 vs $223,200 in Smoke Rise).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
Population	1,453	1,469
Median age	44.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$120,100
Median home value	$233,500	$223,200
Median gross rent	$1,175	—
Housing units	593	464
Homeownership rate	93.6%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
Population	1,244 → 1,453 (+16.8%)	2,101 → 1,469 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$57,448 → $80,625 (+40.3%)	$94,489 → $120,100 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $233,500 (+50.5%)	$159,200 → $223,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,175 (+29.0%)	$867 → $975 (+12.5%)

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

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)

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
Under 5	6.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	18.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	1.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.0%
75 and over	10.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
No high school diploma	8.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	34.1%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
Drove alone	80.6%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
1-unit, detached	80.9%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Smoke Rise
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.64	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1986	1977