Fredonia vs Valley

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

Fredonia 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 246 in Fredonia). Valley has the higher median household income ($55,422 vs $50,294 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $130,500 in Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Valley
Population	246	10,406
Median age	19.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,294	$55,422
Median home value	$225,000	$130,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,024
Housing units	64	4,881
Homeownership rate	71.9%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Valley
Population	229 → 246 (+7.4%)	9,286 → 10,406 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$52,604 → $50,294 (-4.4%)	$47,747 → $55,422 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $225,000 (-12.2%)	$88,700 → $130,500 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$799 → $1,024 (+28.2%)

Fredonia

Population

229246

Median household income

$52,604$50,294

Median home value

$256,300$225,000

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)

	Fredonia	Valley
Under 5	15.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	18.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	4.1%	5.9%
75 and over	13.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	56.1%
Black or African American	13.8%	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	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Valley
No high school diploma	24.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Valley
Drove alone	100.0%	87.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Fredonia	Valley
1-unit, detached	71.9%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Valley
Poverty rate	64.6%	14.4%
Average household size	3.84	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1987	1979