Five Points vs Penton

A side-by-side comparison of Five Points and Penton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Five Points has the higher population (162 vs 128 in Penton). Five Points has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $9,999 in Penton). Since 2019, Five Points's population has grown faster (+51.4% vs +30.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Five Points	Penton
Population	162	128
Median age	49.5 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$31,186
Median home value	$143,800	$9,999
Housing units	82	79
Homeownership rate	90.7%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Points	Penton
Population	107 → 162 (+51.4%)	98 → 128 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $76,667 (+132.1%)	$25,530 → $31,186 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $143,800 (+67.4%)	—

Five Points

Population

107162

Median household income

$33,036$76,667

Median home value

$85,900$143,800

Penton

Population

98128

Median household income

$25,530$31,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Five Points	Penton
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	29.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	4.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	7.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	29.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	68.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Points	Penton
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	40.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Points	Penton
No high school diploma	8.6%	58.5%
High school graduate	54.3%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Points	Penton
Drove alone	92.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Points	Penton
1-unit, detached	84.1%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	49.4%

Poverty & households

	Five Points	Penton
Poverty rate	18.5%	16.4%
Average household size	3.00	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1977	1989