Huguley vs Penton

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

Huguley and Penton 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 128 in Penton). Huguley has the higher median household income ($43,736 vs $31,186 in Penton). Huguley has the higher median home value ($127,100 vs $9,999 in Penton).

Population, income & housing

	Huguley	Penton
Population	2,944	128
Median age	48.0 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,736	$31,186
Median home value	$127,100	$9,999
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	1,204	79
Homeownership rate	82.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huguley	Penton
Population	2,583 → 2,944 (+14.0%)	98 → 128 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$41,889 → $43,736 (+4.4%)	$25,530 → $31,186 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $127,100 (+50.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$717 → $840 (+17.2%)	—

Huguley

Population

2,5832,944

Median household income

$41,889$43,736

Median home value

$84,500$127,100

Median gross rent

$717$840

Penton

Population

98128

Median household income

$25,530$31,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huguley	Penton
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	68.0%
75 and over	8.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huguley	Penton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	17.4%	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	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huguley	Penton
No high school diploma	17.3%	58.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huguley	Penton
Drove alone	86.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huguley	Penton
1-unit, detached	73.4%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	49.4%

Poverty & households

	Huguley	Penton
Poverty rate	10.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.81	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1977	1989