Pine Ridge vs Valley Head

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

Pine Ridge 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 546 in Pine Ridge). Pine Ridge has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $44,396 in Valley Head). Pine Ridge has the higher median home value ($79,200 vs $59,800 in Valley Head).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
Population	546	825
Median age	30.2 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,250	$44,396
Median home value	$79,200	$59,800
Median gross rent	$839	$910
Housing units	212	288
Homeownership rate	67.7%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
Population	475 → 546 (+14.9%)	699 → 825 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $68,250 (+56.0%)	$35,625 → $44,396 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $79,200 (-47.2%)	$90,000 → $59,800 (-33.6%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $839 (+97.4%)	$508 → $910 (+79.1%)

Pine Ridge

Population

475546

Median household income

$43,750$68,250

Median home value

$150,000$79,200

Median gross rent

$425$839

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)

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
Under 5	6.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	36.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	1.8%
25 to 34	22.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	4.9%	25.2%
45 to 54	18.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	5.6%
65 to 74	4.0%	7.6%
75 and over	4.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	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	3.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
No high school diploma	28.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
Drove alone	89.5%	63.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	80.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	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	18.9%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine Ridge	Valley Head
Poverty rate	12.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.89	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	51
Median year structure built	1958	1988