Remlap vs Smoke Rise

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

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

Remlap has the higher population (2,369 vs 1,469 in Smoke Rise). Smoke Rise has the higher median household income ($120,100 vs $67,475 in Remlap). Smoke Rise has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $171,900 in Remlap).

Population, income & housing

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
Population	2,369	1,469
Median age	47.2 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,475	$120,100
Median home value	$171,900	$223,200
Housing units	976	464
Homeownership rate	88.8%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
Population	2,563 → 2,369 (-7.6%)	2,101 → 1,469 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $67,475 (+23.1%)	$94,489 → $120,100 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $171,900 (+22.0%)	$159,200 → $223,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$867 → $975 (+12.5%)

Remlap

Population

2,5632,369

Median household income

$54,792$67,475

Median home value

$140,900$171,900

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)

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
Under 5	4.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	12.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	18.5%
55 to 64	22.4%	1.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.0%
75 and over	10.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
No high school diploma	19.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
Drove alone	80.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
1-unit, detached	82.5%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Remlap	Smoke Rise
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.71	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1981	1977