Fredonia vs Penton

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

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

Fredonia has the higher population (246 vs 128 in Penton). Fredonia has the higher median household income ($50,294 vs $31,186 in Penton). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $9,999 in Penton).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Penton
Population	246	128
Median age	19.5 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,294	$31,186
Median home value	$225,000	$9,999
Housing units	64	79
Homeownership rate	71.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Penton
Population	229 → 246 (+7.4%)	98 → 128 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$52,604 → $50,294 (-4.4%)	$25,530 → $31,186 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $225,000 (-12.2%)	—

Fredonia

Population

229246

Median household income

$52,604$50,294

Median home value

$256,300$225,000

Penton

Population

98128

Median household income

$25,530$31,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Penton
Under 5	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	7.0%
65 to 74	4.1%	68.0%
75 and over	13.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Penton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	87.5%
Black or African American	13.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Penton
No high school diploma	24.6%	58.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Penton
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Fredonia	Penton
1-unit, detached	71.9%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	49.4%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Penton
Poverty rate	64.6%	16.4%
Average household size	3.84	1.62
Median year structure built	1987	1989