Emerald Mountain vs Millbrook

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

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

Millbrook has the higher population (16,923 vs 3,387 in Emerald Mountain). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $64,522 in Millbrook). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $193,600 in Millbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
Population	3,387	16,923
Median age	33.0 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,341	$64,522
Median home value	$294,100	$193,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,035
Housing units	1,034	6,997
Homeownership rate	96.7%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
Population	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)	15,645 → 16,923 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)	$62,839 → $64,522 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)	$154,300 → $193,600 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$951 → $1,035 (+8.8%)

Emerald Mountain

Population

3,4723,387

Median household income

$87,177$125,341

Median home value

$245,700$294,100

Millbrook

Population

15,64516,923

Median household income

$62,839$64,522

Median home value

$154,300$193,600

Median gross rent

$951$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
Under 5	3.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	30.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	21.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	3.2%	7.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	64.7%
Black or African American	16.1%	26.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	11.1%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
Drove alone	73.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	12.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
1-unit, detached	96.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Mountain	Millbrook
Poverty rate	2.2%	9.1%
Average household size	3.37	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2004	1996