Fyffe vs Powell

A side-by-side comparison of Fyffe and Powell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fyffe has the higher population (1,250 vs 911 in Powell). Powell has the higher median household income ($62,868 vs $32,407 in Fyffe). Powell has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $110,600 in Fyffe).

Population, income & housing

	Fyffe	Powell
Population	1,250	911
Median age	46.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,407	$62,868
Median home value	$110,600	$120,800
Median gross rent	$550	$736
Housing units	603	314
Homeownership rate	72.3%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fyffe	Powell
Population	1,203 → 1,250 (+3.9%)	1,261 → 911 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$45,962 → $32,407 (-29.5%)	$44,063 → $62,868 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $110,600 (+17.3%)	$95,000 → $120,800 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $550 (-2.7%)	$602 → $736 (+22.3%)

Fyffe

Population

1,2031,250

Median household income

$45,962$32,407

Median home value

$94,300$110,600

Median gross rent

$565$550

Powell

Population

1,261911

Median household income

$44,063$62,868

Median home value

$95,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$602$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fyffe	Powell
Under 5	5.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	22.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.6%
75 and over	13.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fyffe	Powell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fyffe	Powell
No high school diploma	16.5%	24.3%
High school graduate	53.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fyffe	Powell
Drove alone	76.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	21.3%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.8%
Other means	0.7%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fyffe	Powell
1-unit, detached	84.6%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	38.2%

Poverty & households

	Fyffe	Powell
Poverty rate	13.4%	20.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1971	1985