Elba vs Enterprise

A side-by-side comparison of Elba and Enterprise: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Enterprise has the higher population (28,990 vs 3,459 in Elba). Enterprise has the higher median household income ($68,306 vs $41,310 in Elba). Enterprise has the higher median home value ($198,500 vs $105,000 in Elba).

Population, income & housing

	Elba	Enterprise
Population	3,459	28,990
Median age	48.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,310	$68,306
Median home value	$105,000	$198,500
Median gross rent	$671	$1,058
Housing units	1,808	12,676
Homeownership rate	63.5%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elba	Enterprise
Population	3,841 → 3,459 (-9.9%)	27,947 → 28,990 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$37,134 → $41,310 (+11.2%)	$62,695 → $68,306 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $105,000 (+35.0%)	$170,100 → $198,500 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $671 (+7.0%)	$882 → $1,058 (+20.0%)

Elba

Population

3,8413,459

Median household income

$37,134$41,310

Median home value

$77,800$105,000

Median gross rent

$627$671

Enterprise

Population

27,94728,990

Median household income

$62,695$68,306

Median home value

$170,100$198,500

Median gross rent

$882$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elba	Enterprise
Under 5	7.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	9.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	19.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.7%
75 and over	12.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elba	Enterprise
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	61.2%
Black or African American	42.8%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elba	Enterprise
No high school diploma	24.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	46.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elba	Enterprise
Drove alone	99.9%	82.1%
Carpooled	0.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elba	Enterprise
1-unit, detached	79.4%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Elba	Enterprise
Poverty rate	25.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1968	1988