Grimes vs Level Plains

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

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

Level Plains has the higher population (1,608 vs 515 in Grimes). Level Plains has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $32,500 in Grimes). Level Plains has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $80,700 in Grimes).

Population, income & housing

	Grimes	Level Plains
Population	515	1,608
Median age	51.5 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,500	$64,167
Median home value	$80,700	$125,300
Median gross rent	$783	$826
Housing units	270	804
Homeownership rate	72.3%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grimes	Level Plains
Population	717 → 515 (-28.2%)	2,102 → 1,608 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$40,595 → $32,500 (-19.9%)	$60,969 → $64,167 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,700 (+22.3%)	$157,100 → $125,300 (-20.2%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $783 (-16.1%)	$1,264 → $826 (-34.7%)

Grimes

Population

717515

Median household income

$40,595$32,500

Median home value

$66,000$80,700

Median gross rent

$933$783

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)

	Grimes	Level Plains
Under 5	6.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.2%
75 and over	15.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grimes	Level Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	59.1%
Black or African American	46.6%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grimes	Level Plains
No high school diploma	23.5%	14.6%
High school graduate	41.2%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grimes	Level Plains
Drove alone	98.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	0.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grimes	Level Plains
1-unit, detached	68.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.7%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Grimes	Level Plains
Poverty rate	27.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1985	1989