Atmore vs Brewton

A side-by-side comparison of Atmore and Brewton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atmore has the higher population (8,389 vs 5,232 in Brewton). Brewton has the higher median household income ($48,766 vs $33,104 in Atmore). Brewton has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $128,900 in Atmore).

Population, income & housing

	Atmore	Brewton
Population	8,389	5,232
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,104	$48,766
Median home value	$128,900	$144,400
Median gross rent	$703	$638
Housing units	3,322	2,429
Homeownership rate	51.1%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atmore	Brewton
Population	9,495 → 8,389 (-11.6%)	5,240 → 5,232 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$26,118 → $33,104 (+26.7%)	$42,898 → $48,766 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $128,900 (+36.7%)	$111,600 → $144,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $703 (+20.6%)	$638 → $638 (+0.0%)

Atmore

Population

9,4958,389

Median household income

$26,118$33,104

Median home value

$94,300$128,900

Median gross rent

$583$703

Brewton

Population

5,2405,232

Median household income

$42,898$48,766

Median home value

$111,600$144,400

Median gross rent

$638$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atmore	Brewton
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	17.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.4%
75 and over	8.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atmore	Brewton
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	67.4%
Black or African American	54.6%	28.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atmore	Brewton
No high school diploma	24.6%	14.8%
High school graduate	48.4%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atmore	Brewton
Drove alone	90.6%	95.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atmore	Brewton
1-unit, detached	68.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Atmore	Brewton
Poverty rate	35.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1979	1979