Heath vs Onycha

A side-by-side comparison of Heath and Onycha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heath has the higher population (238 vs 208 in Onycha). Heath has the higher median household income ($63,463 vs $42,143 in Onycha). Since 2019, Onycha's population has grown faster (+181.1% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Heath	Onycha
Population	238	208
Median age	60.8 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,463	$42,143
Median home value	—	$90,000
Median gross rent	$380	$679
Housing units	186	78
Homeownership rate	46.6%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heath	Onycha
Population	302 → 238 (-21.2%)	74 → 208 (+181.1%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $63,463 (+117.6%)	$16,250 → $42,143 (+159.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $77,500 (+6.9%)	$80,600 → $90,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $380 (-31.5%)	$542 → $679 (+25.3%)

Heath

Population

302238

Median household income

$29,167$63,463

Median home value

$72,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$555$380

Onycha

Population

74208

Median household income

$16,250$42,143

Median home value

$80,600$90,000

Median gross rent

$542$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heath	Onycha
Under 5	1.7%	1.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	3.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	20.2%	22.6%
65 to 74	38.2%	13.9%
75 and over	5.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heath	Onycha
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	97.6%
Black or African American	6.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heath	Onycha
No high school diploma	5.6%	36.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	58.2%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heath	Onycha
Drove alone	83.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heath	Onycha
1-unit, detached	34.4%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	61.5%

Poverty & households

	Heath	Onycha
Poverty rate	14.7%	18.8%
Average household size	1.48	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1974	1991