Fort Rucker vs Level Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Rucker and Level Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Rucker and Level Plains are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Rucker has the higher population (5,221 vs 1,608 in Level Plains). Fort Rucker has the higher median household income ($75,875 vs $64,167 in Level Plains). Since 2019, Fort Rucker's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -23.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
Population	5,221	1,608
Median age	24.8 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,875	$64,167
Median home value	—	$125,300
Median gross rent	$1,402	$826
Housing units	1,581	804
Homeownership rate	1.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
Population	5,311 → 5,221 (-1.7%)	2,102 → 1,608 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$70,024 → $75,875 (+8.4%)	$60,969 → $64,167 (+5.2%)
Median home value	—	$157,100 → $125,300 (-20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,402 (+20.3%)	$1,264 → $826 (-34.7%)

Fort Rucker

Population

5,3115,221

Median household income

$70,024$75,875

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,402

Level Plains

Population

2,1021,608

Median household income

$60,969$64,167

Median home value

$157,100$125,300

Median gross rent

$1,264$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
Under 5	17.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	13.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	36.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	2.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	0.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	0.5%	10.2%
75 and over	0.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	59.1%
Black or African American	8.1%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
No high school diploma	2.9%	14.6%
High school graduate	11.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
Drove alone	71.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	11.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.8%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
1-unit, detached	59.6%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Rucker	Level Plains
Poverty rate	13.3%	10.0%
Average household size	3.24	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1988	1989