Eclectic vs Emerald Mountain

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

Eclectic 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 1,201 in Eclectic). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $49,250 in Eclectic). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $157,500 in Eclectic).

Population, income & housing

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,201	3,387
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$125,341
Median home value	$157,500	$294,100
Median gross rent	$690	—
Housing units	526	1,034
Homeownership rate	66.3%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,309 → 1,201 (-8.3%)	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$41,563 → $49,250 (+18.5%)	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $157,500 (+40.0%)	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $690 (-24.4%)	—

Eclectic

Population

1,3091,201

Median household income

$41,563$49,250

Median home value

$112,500$157,500

Median gross rent

$913$690

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)

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
Under 5	9.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	30.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	19.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	21.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.2%
75 and over	4.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	77.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	3.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	41.7%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
Drove alone	86.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
1-unit, detached	80.6%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Eclectic	Emerald Mountain
Poverty rate	22.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.56	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1972	2004