Grove Hill vs Whatley

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

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

Grove Hill has the higher population (1,940 vs 285 in Whatley). Whatley has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $49,223 in Grove Hill). Since 2019, Grove Hill's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs +1.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Grove Hill	Whatley
Population	1,940	285
Median age	42.9 yrs	22.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,223	$71,250
Median home value	$151,400	—
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	910	215
Homeownership rate	71.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	31.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove Hill	Whatley
Population	1,839 → 1,940 (+5.5%)	280 → 285 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$47,626 → $49,223 (+3.4%)	—
Median home value	$137,200 → $151,400 (+10.3%)	$85,600 → $163,400 (+90.9%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $738 (+38.5%)	—

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

Whatley

Population

280285

Median home value

$85,600$163,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove Hill	Whatley
Under 5	1.5%	21.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	18.1%	36.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.3%
75 and over	8.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove Hill	Whatley
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	90.5%
Black or African American	42.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove Hill	Whatley
No high school diploma	16.1%	22.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	62.5%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove Hill	Whatley
Drove alone	90.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove Hill	Whatley
1-unit, detached	80.1%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Grove Hill	Whatley
Poverty rate	17.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.58	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1975	1983