Blue Ridge vs Emerald Mountain

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

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

Emerald Mountain has the higher population (3,387 vs 1,375 in Blue Ridge). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $124,875 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($294,500 vs $294,100 in Emerald Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,375	3,387
Median age	54.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,875	$125,341
Median home value	$294,500	$294,100
Housing units	597	1,034
Homeownership rate	98.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,490 → 1,375 (-7.7%)	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$92,250 → $124,875 (+35.4%)	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $294,500 (+14.5%)	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)

Blue Ridge

Population

1,4901,375

Median household income

$92,250$124,875

Median home value

$257,100$294,500

Emerald Mountain

Population

3,4723,387

Median household income

$87,177$125,341

Median home value

$245,700$294,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
Under 5	8.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	30.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	21.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	18.9%	3.2%
75 and over	14.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	13.1%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
Drove alone	85.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.1%
Other means	2.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
1-unit, detached	98.2%	96.7%
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%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Emerald Mountain
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.41	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1987	2004