Babbie vs River Falls

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

Babbie and River Falls 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 534 in River Falls). Babbie has the higher median household income ($58,068 vs $33,281 in River Falls). Babbie has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $85,700 in River Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Babbie	River Falls
Population	559	534
Median age	38.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$33,281
Median home value	$97,500	$85,700
Median gross rent	—	$761
Housing units	238	245
Homeownership rate	92.8%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	31.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babbie	River Falls
Population	558 → 559 (+0.2%)	585 → 534 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$31,806 → $58,068 (+82.6%)	$34,917 → $33,281 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $97,500 (+20.7%)	$72,000 → $85,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $725 (+38.1%)	$672 → $761 (+13.2%)

Babbie

Population

558559

Median household income

$31,806$58,068

Median home value

$80,800$97,500

Median gross rent

$525$725

River Falls

Population

585534

Median household income

$34,917$33,281

Median home value

$72,000$85,700

Median gross rent

$672$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babbie	River Falls
Under 5	11.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	6.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	27.7%
45 to 54	18.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.1%
75 and over	5.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babbie	River Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	42.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	57.5%
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	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babbie	River Falls
No high school diploma	22.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	28.0%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babbie	River Falls
Drove alone	88.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	12.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babbie	River Falls
1-unit, detached	65.1%	65.7%
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%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Babbie	River Falls
Poverty rate	11.4%	21.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1992	1979