Goodwater vs Nixburg

A side-by-side comparison of Goodwater and Nixburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goodwater has the higher population (1,375 vs 414 in Nixburg). Nixburg has the higher median household income ($51,563 vs $36,938 in Goodwater). Goodwater has the higher median home value ($81,900 vs $28,000 in Nixburg).

Population, income & housing

	Goodwater	Nixburg
Population	1,375	414
Median age	50.2 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,938	$51,563
Median home value	$81,900	$28,000
Median gross rent	$607	—
Housing units	814	134
Homeownership rate	58.3%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodwater	Nixburg
Population	1,261 → 1,375 (+9.0%)	381 → 414 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $36,938 (+47.8%)	$34,345 → $51,563 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $81,900 (+11.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$387 → $607 (+56.8%)	—

Goodwater

Population

1,2611,375

Median household income

$25,000$36,938

Median home value

$73,300$81,900

Median gross rent

$387$607

Nixburg

Population

381414

Median household income

$34,345$51,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodwater	Nixburg
Under 5	13.3%	15.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	2.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	28.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	6.0%
75 and over	13.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodwater	Nixburg
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	31.6%
Black or African American	84.4%	44.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	21.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodwater	Nixburg
No high school diploma	28.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	69.6%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodwater	Nixburg
Drove alone	92.2%	64.5%
Carpooled	1.1%	35.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodwater	Nixburg
1-unit, detached	61.2%	32.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	67.2%

Poverty & households

	Goodwater	Nixburg
Poverty rate	39.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.30	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1974	1983