Emerald Mountain vs Holtville

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

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

Holtville has the higher population (5,700 vs 3,387 in Emerald Mountain). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $73,250 in Holtville). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $247,500 in Holtville).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
Population	3,387	5,700
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,341	$73,250
Median home value	$294,100	$247,500
Median gross rent	—	$961
Housing units	1,034	2,342
Homeownership rate	96.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
Population	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)	4,449 → 5,700 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)	$63,059 → $73,250 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)	$216,600 → $247,500 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$809 → $961 (+18.8%)

Emerald Mountain

Population

3,4723,387

Median household income

$87,177$125,341

Median home value

$245,700$294,100

Holtville

Population

4,4495,700

Median household income

$63,059$73,250

Median home value

$216,600$247,500

Median gross rent

$809$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
Under 5	3.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	30.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	21.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	3.2%	6.7%
75 and over	4.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	16.1%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	11.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
Drove alone	73.2%	87.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
1-unit, detached	96.7%	76.5%
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	3.3%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Mountain	Holtville
Poverty rate	2.2%	13.2%
Average household size	3.37	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	2004	1997