Smoke Rise vs Snead

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

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

Snead has the higher population (1,490 vs 1,469 in Smoke Rise). Smoke Rise has the higher median household income ($120,100 vs $46,075 in Snead). Smoke Rise has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $169,400 in Snead).

Population, income & housing

	Smoke Rise	Snead
Population	1,469	1,490
Median age	36.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$120,100	$46,075
Median home value	$223,200	$169,400
Housing units	464	666
Homeownership rate	96.8%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smoke Rise	Snead
Population	2,101 → 1,469 (-30.1%)	893 → 1,490 (+66.9%)
Median household income	$94,489 → $120,100 (+27.1%)	$53,636 → $46,075 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $223,200 (+40.2%)	$117,600 → $169,400 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $975 (+12.5%)	$541 → $660 (+22.0%)

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

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)

	Smoke Rise	Snead
Under 5	2.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	20.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	18.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	1.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.7%
75 and over	5.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smoke Rise	Snead
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	80.0%
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	3.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smoke Rise	Snead
No high school diploma	7.2%	26.1%
High school graduate	48.5%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smoke Rise	Snead
Drove alone	86.5%	79.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smoke Rise	Snead
1-unit, detached	97.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Smoke Rise	Snead
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.6%
Average household size	3.57	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	40
Median year structure built	1977	1995