Pennington vs Toxey

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

Pennington and Toxey 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 241 in Toxey). Toxey has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $28,186 in Pennington). Toxey has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $81,500 in Pennington).

Population, income & housing

	Pennington	Toxey
Population	536	241
Median age	38.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,186	$51,250
Median home value	$81,500	$183,600
Median gross rent	$376	—
Housing units	291	119
Homeownership rate	73.1%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennington	Toxey
Population	321 → 536 (+67.0%)	109 → 241 (+121.1%)
Median household income	$35,893 → $28,186 (-21.5%)	$21,250 → $51,250 (+141.2%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $81,500 (+68.7%)	$75,700 → $183,600 (+142.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $376 (-44.7%)	—

Pennington

Population

321536

Median household income

$35,893$28,186

Median home value

$48,300$81,500

Median gross rent

$680$376

Toxey

Population

109241

Median household income

$21,250$51,250

Median home value

$75,700$183,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennington	Toxey
Under 5	20.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	7.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.5%	30.3%
35 to 44	25.6%	3.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	1.9%	6.2%
75 and over	1.1%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennington	Toxey
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	50.0%	12.0%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennington	Toxey
No high school diploma	27.1%	32.7%
High school graduate	23.9%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennington	Toxey
Drove alone	80.8%	53.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	1.0%
Other means	2.1%	32.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennington	Toxey
1-unit, detached	52.2%	90.8%
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	47.8%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Pennington	Toxey
Poverty rate	10.8%	0.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	93
Median year structure built	1986	1969