Ider vs Valley Head

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

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

Ider has the higher population (871 vs 825 in Valley Head). Valley Head has the higher median household income ($44,396 vs $42,500 in Ider). Ider has the higher median home value ($150,800 vs $59,800 in Valley Head).

Population, income & housing

	Ider	Valley Head
Population	871	825
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$44,396
Median home value	$150,800	$59,800
Median gross rent	—	$910
Housing units	394	288
Homeownership rate	71.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ider	Valley Head
Population	682 → 871 (+27.7%)	699 → 825 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$37,019 → $42,500 (+14.8%)	$35,625 → $44,396 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $150,800 (+40.5%)	$90,000 → $59,800 (-33.6%)
Median gross rent	$423 → $588 (+39.0%)	$508 → $910 (+79.1%)

Ider

Population

682871

Median household income

$37,019$42,500

Median home value

$107,300$150,800

Median gross rent

$423$588

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)

	Ider	Valley Head
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	36.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	25.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	5.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.6%
75 and over	12.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ider	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	2.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ider	Valley Head
No high school diploma	17.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ider	Valley Head
Drove alone	87.7%	63.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ider	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	71.1%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Ider	Valley Head
Poverty rate	23.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.81	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	51
Median year structure built	1976	1988