Anniston vs Saks

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

Anniston and Saks 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 10,727 in Saks). Saks has the higher median household income ($50,529 vs $44,806 in Anniston). Anniston has the higher median home value ($141,600 vs $113,400 in Saks).

Population, income & housing

	Anniston	Saks
Population	21,377	10,727
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,806	$50,529
Median home value	$141,600	$113,400
Median gross rent	$777	$898
Housing units	11,749	4,932
Homeownership rate	59.1%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anniston	Saks
Population	21,688 → 21,377 (-1.4%)	10,645 → 10,727 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$36,051 → $44,806 (+24.3%)	$39,336 → $50,529 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $141,600 (+45.1%)	$98,200 → $113,400 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $777 (+15.6%)	$682 → $898 (+31.7%)

Anniston

Population

21,68821,377

Median household income

$36,051$44,806

Median home value

$97,600$141,600

Median gross rent

$672$777

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)

	Anniston	Saks
Under 5	5.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.3%
75 and over	8.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anniston	Saks
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	53.5%
Black or African American	49.1%	35.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anniston	Saks
No high school diploma	15.4%	17.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anniston	Saks
Drove alone	80.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.5%	3.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anniston	Saks
1-unit, detached	74.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Anniston	Saks
Poverty rate	20.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1966	1975