Brantley vs Luverne

A side-by-side comparison of Brantley and Luverne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Luverne has the higher population (2,713 vs 915 in Brantley). Luverne has the higher median household income ($51,537 vs $35,500 in Brantley). Brantley has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $124,700 in Luverne).

Population, income & housing

	Brantley	Luverne
Population	915	2,713
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,500	$51,537
Median home value	$127,200	$124,700
Median gross rent	$369	$669
Housing units	473	1,295
Homeownership rate	66.0%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brantley	Luverne
Population	1,005 → 915 (-9.0%)	2,770 → 2,713 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$20,707 → $35,500 (+71.4%)	$45,671 → $51,537 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $127,200 (+42.4%)	$83,200 → $124,700 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$434 → $369 (-15.0%)	$530 → $669 (+26.2%)

Brantley

Population

1,005915

Median household income

$20,707$35,500

Median home value

$89,300$127,200

Median gross rent

$434$369

Luverne

Population

2,7702,713

Median household income

$45,671$51,537

Median home value

$83,200$124,700

Median gross rent

$530$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brantley	Luverne
Under 5	2.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	28.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	19.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.5%
75 and over	5.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brantley	Luverne
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	62.9%
Black or African American	30.7%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brantley	Luverne
No high school diploma	10.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brantley	Luverne
Drove alone	85.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brantley	Luverne
1-unit, detached	72.3%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Brantley	Luverne
Poverty rate	20.0%	20.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1972	1976