Level Plains vs Ozark

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

Level Plains 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 1,608 in Level Plains). Level Plains has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $46,951 in Ozark). Ozark has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $125,300 in Level Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Level Plains	Ozark
Population	1,608	14,348
Median age	47.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$46,951
Median home value	$125,300	$138,600
Median gross rent	$826	$773
Housing units	804	6,583
Homeownership rate	81.6%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Level Plains	Ozark
Population	2,102 → 1,608 (-23.5%)	14,413 → 14,348 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$60,969 → $64,167 (+5.2%)	$41,027 → $46,951 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $125,300 (-20.2%)	$115,500 → $138,600 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $826 (-34.7%)	$635 → $773 (+21.7%)

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

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)

	Level Plains	Ozark
Under 5	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	8.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	19.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.3%
75 and over	7.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Level Plains	Ozark
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	57.0%
Black or African American	22.6%	32.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Level Plains	Ozark
No high school diploma	14.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Level Plains	Ozark
Drove alone	84.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.4%
Other means	3.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Level Plains	Ozark
1-unit, detached	69.0%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Level Plains	Ozark
Poverty rate	10.0%	25.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1989	1976