Anniston vs Piedmont

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

Anniston and Piedmont 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 4,749 in Piedmont). Anniston has the higher median household income ($44,806 vs $41,964 in Piedmont). Anniston has the higher median home value ($141,600 vs $106,600 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Anniston	Piedmont
Population	21,377	4,749
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,806	$41,964
Median home value	$141,600	$106,600
Median gross rent	$777	$752
Housing units	11,749	2,103
Homeownership rate	59.1%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anniston	Piedmont
Population	21,688 → 21,377 (-1.4%)	4,611 → 4,749 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$36,051 → $44,806 (+24.3%)	$39,074 → $41,964 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $141,600 (+45.1%)	$80,500 → $106,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $777 (+15.6%)	$634 → $752 (+18.6%)

Anniston

Population

21,68821,377

Median household income

$36,051$44,806

Median home value

$97,600$141,600

Median gross rent

$672$777

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)

	Anniston	Piedmont
Under 5	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	6.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anniston	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	86.7%
Black or African American	49.1%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anniston	Piedmont
No high school diploma	15.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anniston	Piedmont
Drove alone	80.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	17.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anniston	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	74.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Anniston	Piedmont
Poverty rate	20.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1966	1962