Glenwood vs Petrey

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

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

Glenwood has the higher population (180 vs 66 in Petrey). Petrey has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $40,114 in Glenwood). Petrey has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $40,000 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Petrey
Population	180	66
Median age	38.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,114	$65,000
Median home value	$40,000	$77,500
Median gross rent	$766	—
Housing units	124	37
Homeownership rate	71.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Petrey
Population	262 → 180 (-31.3%)	66 → 66 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$39,250 → $40,114 (+2.2%)	$56,146 → $65,000 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$39,900 → $40,000 (+0.3%)	$75,800 → $77,500 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $766 (+40.3%)	—

Glenwood

Population

262180

Median household income

$39,250$40,114

Median home value

$39,900$40,000

Median gross rent

$546$766

Petrey

Population

6666

Median household income

$56,146$65,000

Median home value

$75,800$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Petrey
Under 5	12.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	1.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	2.8%	34.8%
55 to 64	27.2%	6.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	25.8%
75 and over	10.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Petrey
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Petrey
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	63.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Petrey
Drove alone	83.3%	47.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	15.8%
Other means	11.5%	18.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Petrey
1-unit, detached	62.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Petrey
Poverty rate	5.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1978	1958