Brantley vs Rutledge

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

Brantley and Rutledge 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 223 in Rutledge). Rutledge has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $35,500 in Brantley). Brantley has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $58,700 in Rutledge).

Population, income & housing

	Brantley	Rutledge
Population	915	223
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,500	$57,625
Median home value	$127,200	$58,700
Median gross rent	$369	$637
Housing units	473	122
Homeownership rate	66.0%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brantley	Rutledge
Population	1,005 → 915 (-9.0%)	357 → 223 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$20,707 → $35,500 (+71.4%)	$50,125 → $57,625 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $127,200 (+42.4%)	$85,000 → $58,700 (-30.9%)
Median gross rent	$434 → $369 (-15.0%)	$508 → $637 (+25.4%)

Brantley

Population

1,005915

Median household income

$20,707$35,500

Median home value

$89,300$127,200

Median gross rent

$434$369

Rutledge

Population

357223

Median household income

$50,125$57,625

Median home value

$85,000$58,700

Median gross rent

$508$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brantley	Rutledge
Under 5	2.6%	13.5%
5 to 17	28.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	19.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.7%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brantley	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	72.6%
Black or African American	30.7%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brantley	Rutledge
No high school diploma	10.9%	29.9%
High school graduate	34.2%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brantley	Rutledge
Drove alone	85.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brantley	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	72.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	2.5%
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	Rutledge
Poverty rate	20.0%	27.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1983