Fort Rucker vs Ozark

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

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

Ozark has the higher population (14,348 vs 5,221 in Fort Rucker). Fort Rucker has the higher median household income ($75,875 vs $46,951 in Ozark). Since 2019, Ozark's population has grown faster (-0.5% vs -1.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
Population	5,221	14,348
Median age	24.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,875	$46,951
Median home value	—	$138,600
Median gross rent	$1,402	$773
Housing units	1,581	6,583
Homeownership rate	1.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
Population	5,311 → 5,221 (-1.7%)	14,413 → 14,348 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$70,024 → $75,875 (+8.4%)	$41,027 → $46,951 (+14.4%)
Median home value	—	$115,500 → $138,600 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,402 (+20.3%)	$635 → $773 (+21.7%)

Fort Rucker

Population

5,3115,221

Median household income

$70,024$75,875

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,402

Ozark

Population

14,41314,348

Median household income

$41,027$46,951

Median home value

$115,500$138,600

Median gross rent

$635$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
Under 5	17.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	36.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	2.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	0.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	0.5%	12.3%
75 and over	0.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	57.0%
Black or African American	8.1%	32.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
No high school diploma	2.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	11.0%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
Drove alone	71.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	11.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
1-unit, detached	59.6%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Rucker	Ozark
Poverty rate	13.3%	25.6%
Average household size	3.24	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1988	1976