Edwardsville vs Heflin

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

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

Heflin has the higher population (3,462 vs 243 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($88,958 vs $46,569 in Heflin). Heflin has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $129,200 in Edwardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Heflin
Population	243	3,462
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,958	$46,569
Median home value	$129,200	$155,800
Median gross rent	$735	$739
Housing units	83	1,462
Homeownership rate	80.8%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Heflin
Population	203 → 243 (+19.7%)	3,437 → 3,462 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $88,958 (+101.9%)	$26,786 → $46,569 (+73.9%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $129,200 (+64.6%)	$116,600 → $155,800 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $735 (+33.6%)	$528 → $739 (+40.0%)

Edwardsville

Population

203243

Median household income

$44,063$88,958

Median home value

$78,500$129,200

Median gross rent

$550$735

Heflin

Population

3,4373,462

Median household income

$26,786$46,569

Median home value

$116,600$155,800

Median gross rent

$528$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Heflin
Under 5	9.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	23.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	18.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	7.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.8%
75 and over	0.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Heflin
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Heflin
No high school diploma	15.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	50.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Heflin
Drove alone	86.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	13.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Heflin
1-unit, detached	83.1%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Heflin
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.7%
Average household size	3.33	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1958	1968