Needham vs Pennington

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

Needham 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 83 in Needham). Needham has the higher median household income ($78,906 vs $28,186 in Pennington). Since 2019, Pennington's population has grown faster (+67.0% vs +13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Needham	Pennington
Population	83	536
Median age	50.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,906	$28,186
Median home value	—	$81,500
Median gross rent	—	$376
Housing units	49	291
Homeownership rate	90.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Needham	Pennington
Population	73 → 83 (+13.7%)	321 → 536 (+67.0%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $78,906 (+107.0%)	$35,893 → $28,186 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$53,900 → $57,500 (+6.7%)	$48,300 → $81,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $376 (-44.7%)

Needham

Population

7383

Median household income

$38,125$78,906

Median home value

$53,900$57,500

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)

	Needham	Pennington
Under 5	0.0%	20.3%
5 to 17	8.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	16.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	25.6%
45 to 54	18.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	38.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	1.9%
75 and over	3.6%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Needham	Pennington
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	50.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Needham	Pennington
No high school diploma	14.5%	27.1%
High school graduate	41.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Needham	Pennington
Drove alone	100.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Needham	Pennington
1-unit, detached	93.9%	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	6.1%	47.8%

Poverty & households

	Needham	Pennington
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	46	36
Median year structure built	1976	1986