Blue Ridge vs Elmore

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

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

Elmore has the higher population (1,482 vs 1,375 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median household income ($124,875 vs $33,958 in Elmore). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($294,500 vs $97,000 in Elmore).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
Population	1,375	1,482
Median age	54.8 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,875	$33,958
Median home value	$294,500	$97,000
Median gross rent	—	$986
Housing units	597	608
Homeownership rate	98.9%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
Population	1,490 → 1,375 (-7.7%)	1,137 → 1,482 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$92,250 → $124,875 (+35.4%)	$32,386 → $33,958 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $294,500 (+14.5%)	$63,100 → $97,000 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$826 → $986 (+19.4%)

Blue Ridge

Population

1,4901,375

Median household income

$92,250$124,875

Median home value

$257,100$294,500

Elmore

Population

1,1371,482

Median household income

$32,386$33,958

Median home value

$63,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$826$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
Under 5	8.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	7.5%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	17.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	18.9%	4.3%
75 and over	14.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	68.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
No high school diploma	3.1%	25.5%
High school graduate	13.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
Drove alone	85.5%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.6%
Other means	2.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
1-unit, detached	98.2%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	55.1%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Elmore
Poverty rate	3.1%	38.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1987	1989