Heflin vs Ranburne

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

Heflin and Ranburne 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 524 in Ranburne). Ranburne has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $46,569 in Heflin). Ranburne has the higher median home value ($229,800 vs $155,800 in Heflin).

Population, income & housing

	Heflin	Ranburne
Population	3,462	524
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,569	$73,750
Median home value	$155,800	$229,800
Median gross rent	$739	$910
Housing units	1,462	226
Homeownership rate	68.9%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heflin	Ranburne
Population	3,437 → 3,462 (+0.7%)	461 → 524 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$26,786 → $46,569 (+73.9%)	$43,958 → $73,750 (+67.8%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $155,800 (+33.6%)	$146,000 → $229,800 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $739 (+40.0%)	$829 → $910 (+9.8%)

Heflin

Population

3,4373,462

Median household income

$26,786$46,569

Median home value

$116,600$155,800

Median gross rent

$528$739

Ranburne

Population

461524

Median household income

$43,958$73,750

Median home value

$146,000$229,800

Median gross rent

$829$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heflin	Ranburne
Under 5	7.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	19.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.7%
75 and over	10.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heflin	Ranburne
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	8.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heflin	Ranburne
No high school diploma	12.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heflin	Ranburne
Drove alone	84.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heflin	Ranburne
1-unit, detached	71.5%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Heflin	Ranburne
Poverty rate	16.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1968	1976