Lakeview vs Valley Head

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

Lakeview 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 100 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $44,396 in Valley Head). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $59,800 in Valley Head).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Valley Head
Population	100	825
Median age	41.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$44,396
Median home value	$76,700	$59,800
Median gross rent	$825	$910
Housing units	47	288
Homeownership rate	75.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Valley Head
Population	128 → 100 (-21.9%)	699 → 825 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $48,750 (-3.5%)	$35,625 → $44,396 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$139,600 → $76,700 (-45.1%)	$90,000 → $59,800 (-33.6%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $825 (+1.0%)	$508 → $910 (+79.1%)

Lakeview

Population

128100

Median household income

$50,500$48,750

Median home value

$139,600$76,700

Median gross rent

$817$825

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)

	Lakeview	Valley Head
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	36.0%
18 to 24	21.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	25.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	5.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.6%
75 and over	11.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	6.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Valley Head
No high school diploma	17.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	32.8%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Valley Head
Drove alone	67.7%	63.7%
Carpooled	19.4%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	12.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	46.8%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.1%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Valley Head
Poverty rate	38.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.50	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	51
Median year structure built	1981	1988