Elmore vs Emerald Mountain

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

Elmore 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 1,482 in Elmore). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $33,958 in Elmore). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $97,000 in Elmore).

Population, income & housing

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,482	3,387
Median age	27.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,958	$125,341
Median home value	$97,000	$294,100
Median gross rent	$986	—
Housing units	608	1,034
Homeownership rate	60.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,137 → 1,482 (+30.3%)	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$32,386 → $33,958 (+4.9%)	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $97,000 (+53.7%)	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $986 (+19.4%)	—

Elmore

Population

1,1371,482

Median household income

$32,386$33,958

Median home value

$63,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$826$986

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)

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
Under 5	5.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	30.5%
18 to 24	17.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	21.9%
55 to 64	7.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	4.3%	3.2%
75 and over	7.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	77.9%
Black or African American	18.6%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
No high school diploma	25.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	38.1%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
Drove alone	82.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
1-unit, detached	42.8%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Elmore	Emerald Mountain
Poverty rate	38.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.86	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1989	2004