Emerald Mountain vs Redland

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

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

Redland has the higher population (5,231 vs 3,387 in Emerald Mountain). Redland has the higher median household income ($131,667 vs $125,341 in Emerald Mountain). Redland has the higher median home value ($306,600 vs $294,100 in Emerald Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
Population	3,387	5,231
Median age	33.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,341	$131,667
Median home value	$294,100	$306,600
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	1,034	1,937
Homeownership rate	96.7%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
Population	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)	4,388 → 5,231 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)	$113,156 → $131,667 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)	$256,000 → $306,600 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$781 → $817 (+4.6%)

Emerald Mountain

Population

3,4723,387

Median household income

$87,177$125,341

Median home value

$245,700$294,100

Redland

Population

4,3885,231

Median household income

$113,156$131,667

Median home value

$256,000$306,600

Median gross rent

$781$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
Under 5	3.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	30.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	21.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	3.2%	12.4%
75 and over	4.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	16.1%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	11.1%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
Drove alone	73.2%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	12.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
1-unit, detached	96.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
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%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Mountain	Redland
Poverty rate	2.2%	5.1%
Average household size	3.37	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	2004	2003