Elba vs New Brockton

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

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

Elba has the higher population (3,459 vs 1,440 in New Brockton). New Brockton has the higher median household income ($69,135 vs $41,310 in Elba). New Brockton has the higher median home value ($180,800 vs $105,000 in Elba).

Population, income & housing

	Elba	New Brockton
Population	3,459	1,440
Median age	48.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,310	$69,135
Median home value	$105,000	$180,800
Median gross rent	$671	$590
Housing units	1,808	700
Homeownership rate	63.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elba	New Brockton
Population	3,841 → 3,459 (-9.9%)	1,146 → 1,440 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$37,134 → $41,310 (+11.2%)	$51,625 → $69,135 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $105,000 (+35.0%)	$106,500 → $180,800 (+69.8%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $671 (+7.0%)	$656 → $590 (-10.1%)

Elba

Population

3,8413,459

Median household income

$37,134$41,310

Median home value

$77,800$105,000

Median gross rent

$627$671

New Brockton

Population

1,1461,440

Median household income

$51,625$69,135

Median home value

$106,500$180,800

Median gross rent

$656$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elba	New Brockton
Under 5	7.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	19.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	15.8%	7.4%
75 and over	12.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elba	New Brockton
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	60.7%
Black or African American	42.8%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elba	New Brockton
No high school diploma	24.2%	16.4%
High school graduate	46.4%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elba	New Brockton
Drove alone	99.9%	93.4%
Carpooled	0.1%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elba	New Brockton
1-unit, detached	79.4%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Elba	New Brockton
Poverty rate	25.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1968	1989