Emerald Mountain vs Tallassee

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

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

Tallassee has the higher population (5,056 vs 3,387 in Emerald Mountain). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $63,534 in Tallassee). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $138,600 in Tallassee).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
Population	3,387	5,056
Median age	33.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,341	$63,534
Median home value	$294,100	$138,600
Median gross rent	—	$857
Housing units	1,034	2,300
Homeownership rate	96.7%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
Population	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)	4,743 → 5,056 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)	$48,511 → $63,534 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)	$134,600 → $138,600 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$735 → $857 (+16.6%)

Emerald Mountain

Population

3,4723,387

Median household income

$87,177$125,341

Median home value

$245,700$294,100

Tallassee

Population

4,7435,056

Median household income

$48,511$63,534

Median home value

$134,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$735$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
Under 5	3.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	30.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	21.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	3.2%	11.9%
75 and over	4.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	66.8%
Black or African American	16.1%	25.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	11.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
Drove alone	73.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.3%
Other means	1.7%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
1-unit, detached	96.7%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Mountain	Tallassee
Poverty rate	2.2%	8.9%
Average household size	3.37	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	2004	1965