Oneonta vs Smoke Rise

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

Oneonta and Smoke Rise 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 1,469 in Smoke Rise). Smoke Rise has the higher median household income ($120,100 vs $47,719 in Oneonta). Smoke Rise has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $195,600 in Oneonta).

Population, income & housing

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
Population	6,943	1,469
Median age	45.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,719	$120,100
Median home value	$195,600	$223,200
Median gross rent	$644	—
Housing units	3,012	464
Homeownership rate	57.0%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
Population	6,568 → 6,943 (+5.7%)	2,101 → 1,469 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$39,669 → $47,719 (+20.3%)	$94,489 → $120,100 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $195,600 (+25.1%)	$159,200 → $223,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $644 (-3.3%)	$867 → $975 (+12.5%)

Oneonta

Population

6,5686,943

Median household income

$39,669$47,719

Median home value

$156,300$195,600

Median gross rent

$666$644

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)

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
Under 5	6.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	12.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	18.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	1.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.0%
75 and over	14.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.0%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
No high school diploma	23.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	20.4%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
Drove alone	86.1%	86.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
1-unit, detached	66.2%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Oneonta	Smoke Rise
Poverty rate	22.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.26	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1975	1977