Anniston vs Jacksonville

A side-by-side comparison of Anniston and Jacksonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anniston has the higher population (21,377 vs 14,345 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($47,146 vs $44,806 in Anniston). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $141,600 in Anniston).

Population, income & housing

	Anniston	Jacksonville
Population	21,377	14,345
Median age	43.5 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,806	$47,146
Median home value	$141,600	$179,600
Median gross rent	$777	$794
Housing units	11,749	5,829
Homeownership rate	59.1%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anniston	Jacksonville
Population	21,688 → 21,377 (-1.4%)	12,651 → 14,345 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$36,051 → $44,806 (+24.3%)	$41,268 → $47,146 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $141,600 (+45.1%)	$147,900 → $179,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $777 (+15.6%)	$644 → $794 (+23.3%)

Anniston

Population

21,68821,377

Median household income

$36,051$44,806

Median home value

$97,600$141,600

Median gross rent

$672$777

Jacksonville

Population

12,65114,345

Median household income

$41,268$47,146

Median home value

$147,900$179,600

Median gross rent

$644$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anniston	Jacksonville
Under 5	5.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	33.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	6.9%
75 and over	8.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anniston	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	66.4%
Black or African American	49.1%	22.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anniston	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	15.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anniston	Jacksonville
Drove alone	80.1%	86.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anniston	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	74.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	16.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Anniston	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	20.1%	27.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1966	1988