Gilbertown vs Pennington

A side-by-side comparison of Gilbertown and Pennington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilbertown has the higher population (772 vs 536 in Pennington). Gilbertown has the higher median household income ($66,300 vs $28,186 in Pennington). Gilbertown has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $81,500 in Pennington).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbertown	Pennington
Population	772	536
Median age	50.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,300	$28,186
Median home value	$178,400	$81,500
Median gross rent	$883	$376
Housing units	420	291
Homeownership rate	81.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbertown	Pennington
Population	256 → 772 (+201.6%)	321 → 536 (+67.0%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $66,300 (+29.9%)	$35,893 → $28,186 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $178,400 (+51.8%)	$48,300 → $81,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$285 → $883 (+209.8%)	$680 → $376 (-44.7%)

Gilbertown

Population

256772

Median household income

$51,042$66,300

Median home value

$117,500$178,400

Median gross rent

$285$883

Pennington

Population

321536

Median household income

$35,893$28,186

Median home value

$48,300$81,500

Median gross rent

$680$376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbertown	Pennington
Under 5	2.1%	20.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	3.6%	1.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	25.6%
45 to 54	19.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	1.9%
75 and over	7.3%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbertown	Pennington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	50.0%
Black or African American	10.1%	50.0%
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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbertown	Pennington
No high school diploma	7.3%	27.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbertown	Pennington
Drove alone	72.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	27.5%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbertown	Pennington
1-unit, detached	68.3%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	47.8%

Poverty & households

	Gilbertown	Pennington
Poverty rate	11.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1988	1986