Emerald Mountain vs Wetumpka

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

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

Wetumpka has the higher population (7,182 vs 3,387 in Emerald Mountain). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $54,945 in Wetumpka). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $184,100 in Wetumpka).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
Population	3,387	7,182
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,341	$54,945
Median home value	$294,100	$184,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,088
Housing units	1,034	2,888
Homeownership rate	96.7%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
Population	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)	8,243 → 7,182 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)	$42,820 → $54,945 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)	$137,100 → $184,100 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$792 → $1,088 (+37.4%)

Emerald Mountain

Population

3,4723,387

Median household income

$87,177$125,341

Median home value

$245,700$294,100

Wetumpka

Population

8,2437,182

Median household income

$42,820$54,945

Median home value

$137,100$184,100

Median gross rent

$792$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
Under 5	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	30.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	18.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	21.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	3.2%	6.4%
75 and over	4.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	64.2%
Black or African American	16.1%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	11.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
Drove alone	73.2%	90.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
1-unit, detached	96.7%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Mountain	Wetumpka
Poverty rate	2.2%	13.3%
Average household size	3.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	2004	1994