Fyffe vs Valley Head

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

Fyffe and Valley Head 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 825 in Valley Head). Valley Head has the higher median household income ($44,396 vs $32,407 in Fyffe). Fyffe has the higher median home value ($110,600 vs $59,800 in Valley Head).

Population, income & housing

	Fyffe	Valley Head
Population	1,250	825
Median age	46.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,407	$44,396
Median home value	$110,600	$59,800
Median gross rent	$550	$910
Housing units	603	288
Homeownership rate	72.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fyffe	Valley Head
Population	1,203 → 1,250 (+3.9%)	699 → 825 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$45,962 → $32,407 (-29.5%)	$35,625 → $44,396 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $110,600 (+17.3%)	$90,000 → $59,800 (-33.6%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $550 (-2.7%)	$508 → $910 (+79.1%)

Fyffe

Population

1,2031,250

Median household income

$45,962$32,407

Median home value

$94,300$110,600

Median gross rent

$565$550

Valley Head

Population

699825

Median household income

$35,625$44,396

Median home value

$90,000$59,800

Median gross rent

$508$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fyffe	Valley Head
Under 5	5.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	36.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	25.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	5.6%
65 to 74	19.4%	7.6%
75 and over	13.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fyffe	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fyffe	Valley Head
No high school diploma	16.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	53.2%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fyffe	Valley Head
Drove alone	76.1%	63.7%
Carpooled	21.3%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fyffe	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	84.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Fyffe	Valley Head
Poverty rate	13.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.43	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	51
Median year structure built	1971	1988