Crossville vs Fort Payne

A side-by-side comparison of Crossville and Fort Payne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Payne has the higher population (14,886 vs 2,296 in Crossville). Fort Payne has the higher median household income ($48,623 vs $48,464 in Crossville). Fort Payne has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $123,600 in Crossville).

Population, income & housing

	Crossville	Fort Payne
Population	2,296	14,886
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,464	$48,623
Median home value	$123,600	$158,100
Median gross rent	$580	$670
Housing units	779	6,497
Homeownership rate	64.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossville	Fort Payne
Population	2,011 → 2,296 (+14.2%)	14,115 → 14,886 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$42,546 → $48,464 (+13.9%)	$40,273 → $48,623 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $123,600 (+7.0%)	$124,900 → $158,100 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $580 (+14.2%)	$595 → $670 (+12.6%)

Crossville

Population

2,0112,296

Median household income

$42,546$48,464

Median home value

$115,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$508$580

Fort Payne

Population

14,11514,886

Median household income

$40,273$48,623

Median home value

$124,900$158,100

Median gross rent

$595$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crossville	Fort Payne
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossville	Fort Payne
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	71.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossville	Fort Payne
No high school diploma	27.9%	19.9%
High school graduate	29.6%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossville	Fort Payne
Drove alone	89.9%	73.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossville	Fort Payne
1-unit, detached	74.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Crossville	Fort Payne
Poverty rate	26.3%	23.5%
Average household size	3.29	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1977	1977