Alexandria vs Piedmont

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Piedmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piedmont has the higher population (4,749 vs 3,420 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($92,232 vs $41,964 in Piedmont). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $106,600 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Piedmont
Population	3,420	4,749
Median age	47.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,232	$41,964
Median home value	$173,900	$106,600
Median gross rent	$925	$752
Housing units	1,516	2,103
Homeownership rate	91.3%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Piedmont
Population	4,068 → 3,420 (-15.9%)	4,611 → 4,749 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$72,229 → $92,232 (+27.7%)	$39,074 → $41,964 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $173,900 (+34.0%)	$80,500 → $106,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $925 (+0.7%)	$634 → $752 (+18.6%)

Alexandria

Population

4,0683,420

Median household income

$72,229$92,232

Median home value

$129,800$173,900

Median gross rent

$919$925

Piedmont

Population

4,6114,749

Median household income

$39,074$41,964

Median home value

$80,500$106,600

Median gross rent

$634$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Piedmont
Under 5	3.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	6.7%
75 and over	8.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	86.7%
Black or African American	9.2%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.3%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Piedmont
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.9%
High school graduate	30.3%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Piedmont
Drove alone	75.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	17.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	89.8%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Piedmont
Poverty rate	5.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1988	1962