Lisman vs Pennington

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

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

Pennington has the higher population (536 vs 490 in Lisman). Lisman has the higher median household income ($42,109 vs $28,186 in Pennington). Pennington has the higher median home value ($81,500 vs $73,300 in Lisman).

Population, income & housing

	Lisman	Pennington
Population	490	536
Median age	49.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,109	$28,186
Median home value	$73,300	$81,500
Median gross rent	—	$376
Housing units	254	291
Homeownership rate	92.7%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lisman	Pennington
Population	580 → 490 (-15.5%)	321 → 536 (+67.0%)
Median household income	$33,214 → $42,109 (+26.8%)	$35,893 → $28,186 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $73,300 (+9.6%)	$48,300 → $81,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$680 → $376 (-44.7%)

Lisman

Population

580490

Median household income

$33,214$42,109

Median home value

$66,900$73,300

Median gross rent

$745$823

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)

	Lisman	Pennington
Under 5	1.2%	20.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	1.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	25.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	18.8%	1.9%
75 and over	12.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lisman	Pennington
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	50.0%
Black or African American	91.8%	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	7.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lisman	Pennington
No high school diploma	13.4%	27.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lisman	Pennington
Drove alone	95.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	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)

	Lisman	Pennington
1-unit, detached	68.1%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	47.8%

Poverty & households

	Lisman	Pennington
Poverty rate	29.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	47	36
Median year structure built	1989	1986