Fort Rucker vs Midland City

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

Fort Rucker and Midland City 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 1,803 in Midland City). Fort Rucker has the higher median household income ($75,875 vs $35,638 in Midland City). Since 2019, Fort Rucker's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -8.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
Population	5,221	1,803
Median age	24.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,875	$35,638
Median home value	—	$153,400
Median gross rent	$1,402	$581
Housing units	1,581	1,031
Homeownership rate	1.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
Population	5,311 → 5,221 (-1.7%)	1,961 → 1,803 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$70,024 → $75,875 (+8.4%)	$27,895 → $35,638 (+27.8%)
Median home value	—	$100,800 → $153,400 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,402 (+20.3%)	$647 → $581 (-10.2%)

Fort Rucker

Population

5,3115,221

Median household income

$70,024$75,875

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,402

Midland City

Population

1,9611,803

Median household income

$27,895$35,638

Median home value

$100,800$153,400

Median gross rent

$647$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
Under 5	17.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	13.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	36.5%	24.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	2.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	0.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	0.5%	15.0%
75 and over	0.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	54.6%
Black or African American	8.1%	41.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
No high school diploma	2.9%	19.5%
High school graduate	11.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
Drove alone	71.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
1-unit, detached	59.6%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Rucker	Midland City
Poverty rate	13.3%	21.9%
Average household size	3.24	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1988	1978