Huguley vs La Fayette

A side-by-side comparison of Huguley and La Fayette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huguley has the higher population (2,944 vs 2,665 in La Fayette). Huguley has the higher median household income ($43,736 vs $32,999 in La Fayette). Huguley has the higher median home value ($127,100 vs $101,300 in La Fayette).

Population, income & housing

	Huguley	La Fayette
Population	2,944	2,665
Median age	48.0 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,736	$32,999
Median home value	$127,100	$101,300
Median gross rent	$840	$540
Housing units	1,204	1,323
Homeownership rate	82.9%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huguley	La Fayette
Population	2,583 → 2,944 (+14.0%)	2,943 → 2,665 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$41,889 → $43,736 (+4.4%)	$31,134 → $32,999 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $127,100 (+50.4%)	$105,600 → $101,300 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $840 (+17.2%)	$558 → $540 (-3.2%)

Huguley

Population

2,5832,944

Median household income

$41,889$43,736

Median home value

$84,500$127,100

Median gross rent

$717$840

La Fayette

Population

2,9432,665

Median household income

$31,134$32,999

Median home value

$105,600$101,300

Median gross rent

$558$540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huguley	La Fayette
Under 5	5.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	7.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.5%
75 and over	8.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huguley	La Fayette
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	33.4%
Black or African American	17.4%	65.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huguley	La Fayette
No high school diploma	17.3%	19.6%
High school graduate	42.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huguley	La Fayette
Drove alone	86.5%	90.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huguley	La Fayette
1-unit, detached	73.4%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Huguley	La Fayette
Poverty rate	10.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.81	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1977	1976