Glenwood vs Luverne

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

Glenwood 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 180 in Glenwood). Luverne has the higher median household income ($51,537 vs $40,114 in Glenwood). Luverne has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $40,000 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Luverne
Population	180	2,713
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,114	$51,537
Median home value	$40,000	$124,700
Median gross rent	$766	$669
Housing units	124	1,295
Homeownership rate	71.4%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Luverne
Population	262 → 180 (-31.3%)	2,770 → 2,713 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$39,250 → $40,114 (+2.2%)	$45,671 → $51,537 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$39,900 → $40,000 (+0.3%)	$83,200 → $124,700 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $766 (+40.3%)	$530 → $669 (+26.2%)

Glenwood

Population

262180

Median household income

$39,250$40,114

Median home value

$39,900$40,000

Median gross rent

$546$766

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)

	Glenwood	Luverne
Under 5	12.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	6.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	2.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	27.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.5%
75 and over	10.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Luverne
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	62.9%
Black or African American	11.7%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Luverne
No high school diploma	5.6%	14.8%
High school graduate	63.2%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Luverne
Drove alone	83.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.8%
Other means	11.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Luverne
1-unit, detached	62.9%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Luverne
Poverty rate	5.6%	20.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1978	1976