Deatsville vs Emerald Mountain

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

Deatsville 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 2,618 in Deatsville). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $112,176 in Deatsville). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $235,900 in Deatsville).

Population, income & housing

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
Population	2,618	3,387
Median age	28.7 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,176	$125,341
Median home value	$235,900	$294,100
Median gross rent	$1,389	—
Housing units	786	1,034
Homeownership rate	81.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,679 → 2,618 (+55.9%)	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$79,243 → $112,176 (+41.6%)	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$199,600 → $235,900 (+18.2%)	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,389 (-0.4%)	—

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

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)

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
Under 5	9.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.6%	30.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	21.9%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	4.1%	3.2%
75 and over	1.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	77.9%
Black or African American	32.1%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	13.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	24.8%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
Drove alone	86.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.4%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
1-unit, detached	89.9%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	10.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Deatsville	Emerald Mountain
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.2%
Average household size	3.37	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	2005	2004