Powell vs Valley Head

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

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

Powell has the higher population (911 vs 825 in Valley Head). Powell has the higher median household income ($62,868 vs $44,396 in Valley Head). Powell has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $59,800 in Valley Head).

Population, income & housing

	Powell	Valley Head
Population	911	825
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,868	$44,396
Median home value	$120,800	$59,800
Median gross rent	$736	$910
Housing units	314	288
Homeownership rate	72.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powell	Valley Head
Population	1,261 → 911 (-27.8%)	699 → 825 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $62,868 (+42.7%)	$35,625 → $44,396 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $120,800 (+27.2%)	$90,000 → $59,800 (-33.6%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $736 (+22.3%)	$508 → $910 (+79.1%)

Powell

Population

1,261911

Median household income

$44,063$62,868

Median home value

$95,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$602$736

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)

	Powell	Valley Head
Under 5	8.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	36.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	1.8%
25 to 34	22.1%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	25.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	5.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.6%
75 and over	4.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powell	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	93.6%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powell	Valley Head
No high school diploma	24.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	40.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powell	Valley Head
Drove alone	79.4%	63.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powell	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	57.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Powell	Valley Head
Poverty rate	20.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.84	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	51
Median year structure built	1985	1988