Piedmont vs Saks

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

Piedmont 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 4,749 in Piedmont). Saks has the higher median household income ($50,529 vs $41,964 in Piedmont). Saks has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $106,600 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	Saks
Population	4,749	10,727
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,964	$50,529
Median home value	$106,600	$113,400
Median gross rent	$752	$898
Housing units	2,103	4,932
Homeownership rate	62.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	Saks
Population	4,611 → 4,749 (+3.0%)	10,645 → 10,727 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$39,074 → $41,964 (+7.4%)	$39,336 → $50,529 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $106,600 (+32.4%)	$98,200 → $113,400 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $752 (+18.6%)	$682 → $898 (+31.7%)

Piedmont

Population

4,6114,749

Median household income

$39,074$41,964

Median home value

$80,500$106,600

Median gross rent

$634$752

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)

	Piedmont	Saks
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.3%
75 and over	6.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	Saks
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	53.5%
Black or African American	8.6%	35.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	Saks
No high school diploma	10.9%	17.9%
High school graduate	43.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	Saks
Drove alone	79.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	17.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	Saks
1-unit, detached	80.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	Saks
Poverty rate	16.3%	15.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1962	1975