Luverne vs Petrey

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

Luverne and Petrey 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 66 in Petrey). Petrey has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $51,537 in Luverne). Luverne has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $77,500 in Petrey).

Population, income & housing

	Luverne	Petrey
Population	2,713	66
Median age	42.6 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,537	$65,000
Median home value	$124,700	$77,500
Median gross rent	$669	—
Housing units	1,295	37
Homeownership rate	56.8%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luverne	Petrey
Population	2,770 → 2,713 (-2.1%)	66 → 66 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$45,671 → $51,537 (+12.8%)	$56,146 → $65,000 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $124,700 (+49.9%)	$75,800 → $77,500 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $669 (+26.2%)	—

Luverne

Population

2,7702,713

Median household income

$45,671$51,537

Median home value

$83,200$124,700

Median gross rent

$530$669

Petrey

Population

6666

Median household income

$56,146$65,000

Median home value

$75,800$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luverne	Petrey
Under 5	1.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	1.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	34.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	6.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	25.8%
75 and over	8.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luverne	Petrey
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	23.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luverne	Petrey
No high school diploma	14.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	43.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luverne	Petrey
Drove alone	80.7%	47.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	18.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	18.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luverne	Petrey
1-unit, detached	68.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Luverne	Petrey
Poverty rate	20.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1976	1958