Colony vs East Point

A side-by-side comparison of Colony and East Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Point has the higher population (447 vs 261 in Colony). East Point has the higher median home value ($201,700 vs $60,800 in Colony). Since 2019, East Point's population has grown faster (+72.6% vs -44.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Colony	East Point
Population	261	447
Median age	42.2 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	—
Median home value	$60,800	$201,700
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	127	108
Homeownership rate	80.0%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony	East Point
Population	471 → 261 (-44.6%)	259 → 447 (+72.6%)
Median household income	$38,056 → $43,750 (+15.0%)	$68,060 → $78,703 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $60,800 (-3.5%)	$105,600 → $201,700 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $638 (+5.3%)	—

Colony

Population

471261

Median household income

$38,056$43,750

Median home value

$63,000$60,800

Median gross rent

$606$638

East Point

Population

259447

Median household income

$68,060$78,703

Median home value

$105,600$201,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colony	East Point
Under 5	2.3%	13.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	32.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	28.4%	21.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	5.7%	3.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	2.0%
75 and over	12.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony	East Point
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	83.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony	East Point
No high school diploma	16.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony	East Point
Drove alone	89.5%	92.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony	East Point
1-unit, detached	68.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	31.5%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Colony	East Point
Poverty rate	17.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.61	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1980	1983