Joppa vs West Point

A side-by-side comparison of Joppa and West Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Point has the higher population (566 vs 419 in Joppa). West Point has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $167,100 in Joppa). Since 2019, West Point's population has grown faster (-7.8% vs -36.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Joppa	West Point
Population	419	566
Median age	38.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,500
Median home value	$167,100	$214,200
Median gross rent	—	$616
Housing units	135	300
Homeownership rate	87.4%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joppa	West Point
Population	664 → 419 (-36.9%)	614 → 566 (-7.8%)
Median household income	—	$56,354 → $55,500 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $167,100 (+58.2%)	$110,000 → $214,200 (+94.7%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $935 (+34.9%)	$806 → $616 (-23.6%)

Joppa

Population

664419

Median home value

$105,600$167,100

Median gross rent

$693$935

West Point

Population

614566

Median household income

$56,354$55,500

Median home value

$110,000$214,200

Median gross rent

$806$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joppa	West Point
Under 5	7.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.4%
75 and over	21.7%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joppa	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joppa	West Point
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	53.5%	58.8%
Some college or associate's	46.5%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joppa	West Point
Drove alone	67.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joppa	West Point
1-unit, detached	66.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Joppa	West Point
Poverty rate	2.6%	13.4%
Average household size	3.10	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1993	1990