Gaylesville vs Spring Garden

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

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

Spring Garden has the higher population (171 vs 120 in Gaylesville). Spring Garden has the higher median household income ($58,264 vs $36,875 in Gaylesville). Gaylesville has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $9,999 in Spring Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
Population	120	171
Median age	47.7 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$58,264
Median home value	$157,100	$9,999
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	66	65
Homeownership rate	61.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
Population	171 → 120 (-29.8%)	187 → 171 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $36,875 (-30.3%)	$64,474 → $58,264 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $157,100 (+25.7%)	$158,600 → $9,999 (-93.7%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,188 (+30.1%)	—

Gaylesville

Population

171120

Median household income

$52,917$36,875

Median home value

$125,000$157,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,188

Spring Garden

Population

187171

Median household income

$64,474$58,264

Median home value

$158,600$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
Under 5	5.0%	11.1%
5 to 17	9.2%	9.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.0%	21.6%
35 to 44	1.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	57.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	0.0%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	12.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
No high school diploma	20.2%	67.6%
High school graduate	22.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
Drove alone	82.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
1-unit, detached	69.7%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	100.0%

Poverty & households

	Gaylesville	Spring Garden
Poverty rate	25.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1973	—