Crossville vs Rainsville

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

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

Rainsville has the higher population (5,613 vs 2,296 in Crossville). Rainsville has the higher median household income ($64,140 vs $48,464 in Crossville). Rainsville has the higher median home value ($207,800 vs $123,600 in Crossville).

Population, income & housing

	Crossville	Rainsville
Population	2,296	5,613
Median age	36.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,464	$64,140
Median home value	$123,600	$207,800
Median gross rent	$580	$647
Housing units	779	2,452
Homeownership rate	64.8%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossville	Rainsville
Population	2,011 → 2,296 (+14.2%)	5,041 → 5,613 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$42,546 → $48,464 (+13.9%)	$33,295 → $64,140 (+92.6%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $123,600 (+7.0%)	$109,000 → $207,800 (+90.6%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $580 (+14.2%)	$569 → $647 (+13.7%)

Crossville

Population

2,0112,296

Median household income

$42,546$48,464

Median home value

$115,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$508$580

Rainsville

Population

5,0415,613

Median household income

$33,295$64,140

Median home value

$109,000$207,800

Median gross rent

$569$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crossville	Rainsville
Under 5	6.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	18.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	18.5%
75 and over	7.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossville	Rainsville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossville	Rainsville
No high school diploma	27.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossville	Rainsville
Drove alone	89.9%	93.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossville	Rainsville
1-unit, detached	74.1%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Crossville	Rainsville
Poverty rate	26.3%	15.7%
Average household size	3.29	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1977	1992