Deatsville vs Wetumpka

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

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

Wetumpka has the higher population (7,182 vs 2,618 in Deatsville). Deatsville has the higher median household income ($112,176 vs $54,945 in Wetumpka). Deatsville has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $184,100 in Wetumpka).

Population, income & housing

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
Population	2,618	7,182
Median age	28.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,176	$54,945
Median home value	$235,900	$184,100
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,088
Housing units	786	2,888
Homeownership rate	81.9%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
Population	1,679 → 2,618 (+55.9%)	8,243 → 7,182 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$79,243 → $112,176 (+41.6%)	$42,820 → $54,945 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$199,600 → $235,900 (+18.2%)	$137,100 → $184,100 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,389 (-0.4%)	$792 → $1,088 (+37.4%)

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

Wetumpka

Population

8,2437,182

Median household income

$42,820$54,945

Median home value

$137,100$184,100

Median gross rent

$792$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
Under 5	9.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	14.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	4.1%	6.4%
75 and over	1.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	64.2%
Black or African American	32.1%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
No high school diploma	4.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	24.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
Drove alone	86.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.3%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
1-unit, detached	89.9%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Deatsville	Wetumpka
Poverty rate	3.4%	13.3%
Average household size	3.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	2005	1994