Goodwater vs Stewartville

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

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

Stewartville has the higher population (1,557 vs 1,375 in Goodwater). Stewartville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $36,938 in Goodwater). Stewartville has the higher median home value ($96,500 vs $81,900 in Goodwater).

Population, income & housing

	Goodwater	Stewartville
Population	1,375	1,557
Median age	50.2 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,938	$73,750
Median home value	$81,900	$96,500
Median gross rent	$607	$1,024
Housing units	814	804
Homeownership rate	58.3%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodwater	Stewartville
Population	1,261 → 1,375 (+9.0%)	1,634 → 1,557 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $36,938 (+47.8%)	$43,233 → $73,750 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $81,900 (+11.7%)	$81,900 → $96,500 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$387 → $607 (+56.8%)	$831 → $1,024 (+23.2%)

Goodwater

Population

1,2611,375

Median household income

$25,000$36,938

Median home value

$73,300$81,900

Median gross rent

$387$607

Stewartville

Population

1,6341,557

Median household income

$43,233$73,750

Median home value

$81,900$96,500

Median gross rent

$831$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodwater	Stewartville
Under 5	13.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	2.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	16.5%
75 and over	13.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodwater	Stewartville
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	84.4%	1.9%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodwater	Stewartville
No high school diploma	28.1%	18.5%
High school graduate	47.2%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodwater	Stewartville
Drove alone	92.2%	55.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	26.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodwater	Stewartville
1-unit, detached	61.2%	52.6%
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%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Goodwater	Stewartville
Poverty rate	39.6%	1.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1974	1988