Alexandria vs Saks

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

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

Saks has the higher population (10,727 vs 3,420 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($92,232 vs $50,529 in Saks). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $113,400 in Saks).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Saks
Population	3,420	10,727
Median age	47.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,232	$50,529
Median home value	$173,900	$113,400
Median gross rent	$925	$898
Housing units	1,516	4,932
Homeownership rate	91.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Saks
Population	4,068 → 3,420 (-15.9%)	10,645 → 10,727 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$72,229 → $92,232 (+27.7%)	$39,336 → $50,529 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $173,900 (+34.0%)	$98,200 → $113,400 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $925 (+0.7%)	$682 → $898 (+31.7%)

Alexandria

Population

4,0683,420

Median household income

$72,229$92,232

Median home value

$129,800$173,900

Median gross rent

$919$925

Saks

Population

10,64510,727

Median household income

$39,336$50,529

Median home value

$98,200$113,400

Median gross rent

$682$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Saks
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.3%
75 and over	8.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Saks
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	53.5%
Black or African American	9.2%	35.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.3%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Saks
No high school diploma	5.3%	17.9%
High school graduate	30.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Saks
Drove alone	75.4%	83.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.2%
Public transit	2.3%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Saks
1-unit, detached	89.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Saks
Poverty rate	5.3%	15.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1988	1975