Jacksonville vs Piedmont

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (14,345 vs 4,749 in Piedmont). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($47,146 vs $41,964 in Piedmont). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $106,600 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
Population	14,345	4,749
Median age	26.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,146	$41,964
Median home value	$179,600	$106,600
Median gross rent	$794	$752
Housing units	5,829	2,103
Homeownership rate	50.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
Population	12,651 → 14,345 (+13.4%)	4,611 → 4,749 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$41,268 → $47,146 (+14.2%)	$39,074 → $41,964 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$147,900 → $179,600 (+21.4%)	$80,500 → $106,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $794 (+23.3%)	$634 → $752 (+18.6%)

Jacksonville

Population

12,65114,345

Median household income

$41,268$47,146

Median home value

$147,900$179,600

Median gross rent

$644$794

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)

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
Under 5	3.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	33.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.7%
75 and over	5.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	22.0%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
Drove alone	86.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	59.2%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Piedmont
Poverty rate	27.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1988	1962