Five Points vs Valley

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

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

Valley has the higher population (10,406 vs 162 in Five Points). Five Points has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $130,500 in Valley). Since 2019, Five Points's population has grown faster (+51.4% vs +12.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Five Points	Valley
Population	162	10,406
Median age	49.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,422
Median home value	$143,800	$130,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,024
Housing units	82	4,881
Homeownership rate	90.7%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Points	Valley
Population	107 → 162 (+51.4%)	9,286 → 10,406 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $76,667 (+132.1%)	$47,747 → $55,422 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $143,800 (+67.4%)	$88,700 → $130,500 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$799 → $1,024 (+28.2%)

Five Points

Population

107162

Median household income

$33,036$76,667

Median home value

$85,900$143,800

Valley

Population

9,28610,406

Median household income

$47,747$55,422

Median home value

$88,700$130,500

Median gross rent

$799$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Five Points	Valley
Under 5	1.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	4.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	29.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	29.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	5.9%
75 and over	0.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Points	Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	56.1%
Black or African American	40.7%	37.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Points	Valley
No high school diploma	8.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	54.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Points	Valley
Drove alone	92.9%	87.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Points	Valley
1-unit, detached	84.1%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Five Points	Valley
Poverty rate	18.5%	14.4%
Average household size	3.00	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1977	1979