Blue Ridge vs Deatsville

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Deatsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge and Deatsville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deatsville has the higher population (2,618 vs 1,375 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median household income ($124,875 vs $112,176 in Deatsville). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($294,500 vs $235,900 in Deatsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
Population	1,375	2,618
Median age	54.8 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$124,875	$112,176
Median home value	$294,500	$235,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,389
Housing units	597	786
Homeownership rate	98.9%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
Population	1,490 → 1,375 (-7.7%)	1,679 → 2,618 (+55.9%)
Median household income	$92,250 → $124,875 (+35.4%)	$79,243 → $112,176 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $294,500 (+14.5%)	$199,600 → $235,900 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,394 → $1,389 (-0.4%)

Blue Ridge

Population

1,4901,375

Median household income

$92,250$124,875

Median home value

$257,100$294,500

Deatsville

Population

1,6792,618

Median household income

$79,243$112,176

Median home value

$199,600$235,900

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,389

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
Under 5	8.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	22.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	14.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	18.9%	4.1%
75 and over	14.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	48.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	32.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	13.1%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
Drove alone	85.5%	86.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
1-unit, detached	98.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	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	0.7%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Deatsville
Poverty rate	3.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.41	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1987	2005