Babbie vs Florala

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

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

Florala has the higher population (1,841 vs 559 in Babbie). Babbie has the higher median household income ($58,068 vs $34,857 in Florala). Babbie has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $81,000 in Florala).

Population, income & housing

	Babbie	Florala
Population	559	1,841
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$34,857
Median home value	$97,500	$81,000
Median gross rent	—	$581
Housing units	238	1,078
Homeownership rate	92.8%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babbie	Florala
Population	558 → 559 (+0.2%)	1,551 → 1,841 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$31,806 → $58,068 (+82.6%)	$27,944 → $34,857 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $97,500 (+20.7%)	$78,000 → $81,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $725 (+38.1%)	$532 → $581 (+9.2%)

Babbie

Population

558559

Median household income

$31,806$58,068

Median home value

$80,800$97,500

Median gross rent

$525$725

Florala

Population

1,5511,841

Median household income

$27,944$34,857

Median home value

$78,000$81,000

Median gross rent

$532$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babbie	Florala
Under 5	11.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.7%
75 and over	5.5%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babbie	Florala
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babbie	Florala
No high school diploma	22.8%	19.7%
High school graduate	28.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babbie	Florala
Drove alone	88.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babbie	Florala
1-unit, detached	65.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Babbie	Florala
Poverty rate	11.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	40
Median year structure built	1992	1970