Edwardsville vs Fruithurst

A side-by-side comparison of Edwardsville and Fruithurst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fruithurst has the higher population (528 vs 243 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($88,958 vs $55,417 in Fruithurst). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $94,500 in Fruithurst).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
Population	243	528
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,958	$55,417
Median home value	$129,200	$94,500
Median gross rent	$735	$766
Housing units	83	165
Homeownership rate	80.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
Population	203 → 243 (+19.7%)	247 → 528 (+113.8%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $88,958 (+101.9%)	$42,917 → $55,417 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $129,200 (+64.6%)	$71,500 → $94,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $735 (+33.6%)	$719 → $766 (+6.5%)

Edwardsville

Population

203243

Median household income

$44,063$88,958

Median home value

$78,500$129,200

Median gross rent

$550$735

Fruithurst

Population

247528

Median household income

$42,917$55,417

Median home value

$71,500$94,500

Median gross rent

$719$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
Under 5	9.9%	11.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	1.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	18.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.3%
75 and over	0.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
No high school diploma	15.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	50.0%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
Drove alone	86.6%	86.2%
Carpooled	13.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
1-unit, detached	83.1%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	35.2%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Fruithurst
Poverty rate	15.2%	13.8%
Average household size	3.33	3.80
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1958	1978