Cedar Bluff vs Gaylesville

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

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

Cedar Bluff has the higher population (1,633 vs 120 in Gaylesville). Cedar Bluff has the higher median household income ($48,784 vs $36,875 in Gaylesville). Cedar Bluff has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $157,100 in Gaylesville).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
Population	1,633	120
Median age	44.4 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,784	$36,875
Median home value	$203,000	$157,100
Median gross rent	$620	$1,188
Housing units	1,022	66
Homeownership rate	72.1%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
Population	1,999 → 1,633 (-18.3%)	171 → 120 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $48,784 (+52.4%)	$52,917 → $36,875 (-30.3%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $203,000 (+137.4%)	$125,000 → $157,100 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)	$913 → $1,188 (+30.1%)

Cedar Bluff

Population

1,9991,633

Median household income

$32,000$48,784

Median home value

$85,500$203,000

Median gross rent

$515$620

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)

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	9.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	20.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	1.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	22.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.0%
75 and over	5.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
No high school diploma	17.2%	20.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
Drove alone	83.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	17.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
1-unit, detached	53.4%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Bluff	Gaylesville
Poverty rate	25.1%	25.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1986	1973