Hammondville vs Valley Head

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

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

Valley Head has the higher population (825 vs 330 in Hammondville). Hammondville has the higher median household income ($50,536 vs $44,396 in Valley Head). Hammondville has the higher median home value ($99,400 vs $59,800 in Valley Head).

Population, income & housing

	Hammondville	Valley Head
Population	330	825
Median age	49.2 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,536	$44,396
Median home value	$99,400	$59,800
Median gross rent	$817	$910
Housing units	190	288
Homeownership rate	87.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammondville	Valley Head
Population	459 → 330 (-28.1%)	699 → 825 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $50,536 (+22.5%)	$35,625 → $44,396 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $99,400 (-30.9%)	$90,000 → $59,800 (-33.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $817 (+42.1%)	$508 → $910 (+79.1%)

Hammondville

Population

459330

Median household income

$41,250$50,536

Median home value

$143,800$99,400

Median gross rent

$575$817

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)

	Hammondville	Valley Head
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	36.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	1.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	25.2%
45 to 54	18.8%	6.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	5.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.6%
75 and over	15.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammondville	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	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	0.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammondville	Valley Head
No high school diploma	12.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammondville	Valley Head
Drove alone	89.0%	63.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammondville	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	74.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Hammondville	Valley Head
Poverty rate	15.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.52	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	51
Median year structure built	1976	1988