Broomtown vs Gaylesville

A side-by-side comparison of Broomtown and Gaylesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broomtown has the higher population (222 vs 120 in Gaylesville). Since 2019, Broomtown's population has grown faster (+26.1% vs -29.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
Population	222	120
Median age	49.0 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,875
Median home value	—	$157,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,188
Housing units	112	66
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
Population	176 → 222 (+26.1%)	171 → 120 (-29.8%)
Median household income	—	$52,917 → $36,875 (-30.3%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $242,900 (+6.9%)	$125,000 → $157,100 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $1,188 (+30.1%)

Broomtown

Population

176222

Median home value

$227,300$242,900

Gaylesville

Population

171120

Median household income

$52,917$36,875

Median home value

$125,000$157,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	9.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	32.4%	20.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.7%
45 to 54	25.7%	22.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	15.0%
75 and over	7.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
No high school diploma	31.1%	20.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
Drove alone	78.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	21.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
1-unit, detached	23.2%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	76.8%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Broomtown	Gaylesville
Poverty rate	32.4%	25.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1996	1973