Glenwood vs Rutledge

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

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

Rutledge has the higher population (223 vs 180 in Glenwood). Rutledge has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $40,114 in Glenwood). Rutledge has the higher median home value ($58,700 vs $40,000 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Rutledge
Population	180	223
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,114	$57,625
Median home value	$40,000	$58,700
Median gross rent	$766	$637
Housing units	124	122
Homeownership rate	71.4%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Rutledge
Population	262 → 180 (-31.3%)	357 → 223 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$39,250 → $40,114 (+2.2%)	$50,125 → $57,625 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$39,900 → $40,000 (+0.3%)	$85,000 → $58,700 (-30.9%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $766 (+40.3%)	$508 → $637 (+25.4%)

Glenwood

Population

262180

Median household income

$39,250$40,114

Median home value

$39,900$40,000

Median gross rent

$546$766

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)

	Glenwood	Rutledge
Under 5	12.8%	13.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	6.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	2.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	27.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.0%
75 and over	10.0%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	72.6%
Black or African American	11.7%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Rutledge
No high school diploma	5.6%	29.9%
High school graduate	63.2%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Rutledge
Drove alone	83.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.4%
Other means	11.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	62.9%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
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	Rutledge
Poverty rate	5.6%	27.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1978	1983