Sheffield vs Tuscumbia

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

Sheffield and Tuscumbia 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 9,084 in Tuscumbia). Tuscumbia has the higher median household income ($47,342 vs $42,097 in Sheffield). Tuscumbia has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $127,100 in Sheffield).

Population, income & housing

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
Population	9,334	9,084
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,097	$47,342
Median home value	$127,100	$166,400
Median gross rent	$850	$760
Housing units	5,088	4,305
Homeownership rate	58.4%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
Population	8,986 → 9,334 (+3.9%)	8,444 → 9,084 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$34,194 → $42,097 (+23.1%)	$44,088 → $47,342 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $127,100 (+41.2%)	$110,100 → $166,400 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $850 (+31.8%)	$694 → $760 (+9.5%)

Sheffield

Population

8,9869,334

Median household income

$34,194$42,097

Median home value

$90,000$127,100

Median gross rent

$645$850

Tuscumbia

Population

8,4449,084

Median household income

$44,088$47,342

Median home value

$110,100$166,400

Median gross rent

$694$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
Under 5	3.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.8%
75 and over	8.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	26.4%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
No high school diploma	12.3%	14.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
Drove alone	80.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
1-unit, detached	77.5%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	5.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Sheffield	Tuscumbia
Poverty rate	25.7%	19.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1964	1976