Littleville vs Sheffield

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

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

Sheffield has the higher population (9,334 vs 866 in Littleville). Littleville has the higher median household income ($48,977 vs $42,097 in Sheffield). Littleville has the higher median home value ($127,800 vs $127,100 in Sheffield).

Population, income & housing

	Littleville	Sheffield
Population	866	9,334
Median age	54.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,977	$42,097
Median home value	$127,800	$127,100
Median gross rent	$765	$850
Housing units	487	5,088
Homeownership rate	67.9%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Littleville	Sheffield
Population	966 → 866 (-10.4%)	8,986 → 9,334 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$43,214 → $48,977 (+13.3%)	$34,194 → $42,097 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $127,800 (+31.5%)	$90,000 → $127,100 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $765 (+13.2%)	$645 → $850 (+31.8%)

Littleville

Population

966866

Median household income

$43,214$48,977

Median home value

$97,200$127,800

Median gross rent

$676$765

Sheffield

Population

8,9869,334

Median household income

$34,194$42,097

Median home value

$90,000$127,100

Median gross rent

$645$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Littleville	Sheffield
Under 5	3.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	22.6%	13.6%
75 and over	10.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Littleville	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Littleville	Sheffield
No high school diploma	15.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Littleville	Sheffield
Drove alone	85.6%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Littleville	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	72.3%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Littleville	Sheffield
Poverty rate	12.5%	25.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1978	1964