Babbie vs Carolina

A side-by-side comparison of Babbie and Carolina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Babbie has the higher population (559 vs 250 in Carolina). Babbie has the higher median household income ($58,068 vs $51,250 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $97,500 in Babbie).

Population, income & housing

	Babbie	Carolina
Population	559	250
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$51,250
Median home value	$97,500	$100,000
Median gross rent	—	$681
Housing units	238	136
Homeownership rate	92.8%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babbie	Carolina
Population	558 → 559 (+0.2%)	343 → 250 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$31,806 → $58,068 (+82.6%)	$46,250 → $51,250 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $97,500 (+20.7%)	$118,800 → $100,000 (-15.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $725 (+38.1%)	$771 → $681 (-11.7%)

Babbie

Population

558559

Median household income

$31,806$58,068

Median home value

$80,800$97,500

Median gross rent

$525$725

Carolina

Population

343250

Median household income

$46,250$51,250

Median home value

$118,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$771$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babbie	Carolina
Under 5	11.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	1.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	20.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	18.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	16.0%
75 and over	5.5%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babbie	Carolina
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babbie	Carolina
No high school diploma	22.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	28.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babbie	Carolina
Drove alone	88.6%	92.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babbie	Carolina
1-unit, detached	65.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Babbie	Carolina
Poverty rate	11.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1992	1991