Crossville vs Geraldine

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

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

Crossville has the higher population (2,296 vs 1,340 in Geraldine). Geraldine has the higher median household income ($62,768 vs $48,464 in Crossville). Geraldine has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $123,600 in Crossville).

Population, income & housing

	Crossville	Geraldine
Population	2,296	1,340
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,464	$62,768
Median home value	$123,600	$199,400
Median gross rent	$580	$391
Housing units	779	505
Homeownership rate	64.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossville	Geraldine
Population	2,011 → 2,296 (+14.2%)	1,116 → 1,340 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$42,546 → $48,464 (+13.9%)	$42,279 → $62,768 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $123,600 (+7.0%)	$140,500 → $199,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $580 (+14.2%)	$612 → $391 (-36.1%)

Crossville

Population

2,0112,296

Median household income

$42,546$48,464

Median home value

$115,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$508$580

Geraldine

Population

1,1161,340

Median household income

$42,279$62,768

Median home value

$140,500$199,400

Median gross rent

$612$391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crossville	Geraldine
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	22.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.8%
75 and over	7.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossville	Geraldine
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossville	Geraldine
No high school diploma	27.9%	15.6%
High school graduate	29.6%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossville	Geraldine
Drove alone	89.9%	90.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossville	Geraldine
1-unit, detached	74.1%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Crossville	Geraldine
Poverty rate	26.3%	10.9%
Average household size	3.29	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1977	1980