Grove Hill vs Jackson

A side-by-side comparison of Grove Hill and Jackson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jackson has the higher population (4,654 vs 1,940 in Grove Hill). Grove Hill has the higher median household income ($49,223 vs $46,250 in Jackson). Grove Hill has the higher median home value ($151,400 vs $121,000 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Grove Hill	Jackson
Population	1,940	4,654
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,223	$46,250
Median home value	$151,400	$121,000
Median gross rent	$738	$626
Housing units	910	2,151
Homeownership rate	71.6%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	21.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove Hill	Jackson
Population	1,839 → 1,940 (+5.5%)	4,781 → 4,654 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$47,626 → $49,223 (+3.4%)	$40,651 → $46,250 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $151,400 (+10.3%)	$122,300 → $121,000 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $738 (+38.5%)	$569 → $626 (+10.0%)

Grove Hill

Population

1,8391,940

Median household income

$47,626$49,223

Median home value

$137,200$151,400

Median gross rent

$533$738

Jackson

Population

4,7814,654

Median household income

$40,651$46,250

Median home value

$122,300$121,000

Median gross rent

$569$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove Hill	Jackson
Under 5	1.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	18.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	18.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.2%
75 and over	8.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove Hill	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	48.0%
Black or African American	42.0%	46.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove Hill	Jackson
No high school diploma	16.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove Hill	Jackson
Drove alone	90.0%	87.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.4%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove Hill	Jackson
1-unit, detached	80.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Grove Hill	Jackson
Poverty rate	17.1%	27.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1975	1975