Brantley vs Petrey

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

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

Brantley has the higher population (915 vs 66 in Petrey). Petrey has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $35,500 in Brantley). Brantley has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $77,500 in Petrey).

Population, income & housing

	Brantley	Petrey
Population	915	66
Median age	39.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,500	$65,000
Median home value	$127,200	$77,500
Median gross rent	$369	—
Housing units	473	37
Homeownership rate	66.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brantley	Petrey
Population	1,005 → 915 (-9.0%)	66 → 66 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$20,707 → $35,500 (+71.4%)	$56,146 → $65,000 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $127,200 (+42.4%)	$75,800 → $77,500 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$434 → $369 (-15.0%)	—

Brantley

Population

1,005915

Median household income

$20,707$35,500

Median home value

$89,300$127,200

Median gross rent

$434$369

Petrey

Population

6666

Median household income

$56,146$65,000

Median home value

$75,800$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brantley	Petrey
Under 5	2.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	28.0%	1.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	19.0%	34.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	6.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	25.8%
75 and over	5.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brantley	Petrey
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	30.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brantley	Petrey
No high school diploma	10.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brantley	Petrey
Drove alone	85.9%	47.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	18.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brantley	Petrey
1-unit, detached	72.3%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Brantley	Petrey
Poverty rate	20.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1972	1958