Tallassee vs Wetumpka

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

Tallassee 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 5,056 in Tallassee). Tallassee has the higher median household income ($63,534 vs $54,945 in Wetumpka). Wetumpka has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $138,600 in Tallassee).

Population, income & housing

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
Population	5,056	7,182
Median age	38.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,534	$54,945
Median home value	$138,600	$184,100
Median gross rent	$857	$1,088
Housing units	2,300	2,888
Homeownership rate	57.6%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
Population	4,743 → 5,056 (+6.6%)	8,243 → 7,182 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$48,511 → $63,534 (+31.0%)	$42,820 → $54,945 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$134,600 → $138,600 (+3.0%)	$137,100 → $184,100 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $857 (+16.6%)	$792 → $1,088 (+37.4%)

Tallassee

Population

4,7435,056

Median household income

$48,511$63,534

Median home value

$134,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$735$857

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)

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
Under 5	9.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	18.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.4%
75 and over	10.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	64.2%
Black or African American	25.2%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
No high school diploma	8.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
Drove alone	81.4%	90.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.9%
Other means	6.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
1-unit, detached	88.3%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Tallassee	Wetumpka
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1965	1994