Littleville vs Muscle Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Littleville and Muscle Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muscle Shoals has the higher population (16,670 vs 866 in Littleville). Muscle Shoals has the higher median household income ($70,927 vs $48,977 in Littleville). Muscle Shoals has the higher median home value ($198,300 vs $127,800 in Littleville).

Population, income & housing

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
Population	866	16,670
Median age	54.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,977	$70,927
Median home value	$127,800	$198,300
Median gross rent	$765	$939
Housing units	487	7,118
Homeownership rate	67.9%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
Population	966 → 866 (-10.4%)	14,103 → 16,670 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$43,214 → $48,977 (+13.3%)	$60,629 → $70,927 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $127,800 (+31.5%)	$147,100 → $198,300 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $765 (+13.2%)	$831 → $939 (+13.0%)

Littleville

Population

966866

Median household income

$43,214$48,977

Median home value

$97,200$127,800

Median gross rent

$676$765

Muscle Shoals

Population

14,10316,670

Median household income

$60,629$70,927

Median home value

$147,100$198,300

Median gross rent

$831$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
Under 5	3.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	6.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	22.6%	9.3%
75 and over	10.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
No high school diploma	15.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
Drove alone	85.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
1-unit, detached	72.3%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Littleville	Muscle Shoals
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1978	1990