Brewton vs Pollard

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

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

Brewton has the higher population (5,232 vs 111 in Pollard). Pollard has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $48,766 in Brewton). Brewton has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $90,000 in Pollard).

Population, income & housing

	Brewton	Pollard
Population	5,232	111
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,766	$73,500
Median home value	$144,400	$90,000
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	2,429	65
Homeownership rate	67.1%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewton	Pollard
Population	5,240 → 5,232 (-0.2%)	126 → 111 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$42,898 → $48,766 (+13.7%)	$36,250 → $73,500 (+102.8%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $144,400 (+29.4%)	$86,300 → $90,000 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $638 (+0.0%)	$492 → $642 (+30.5%)

Brewton

Population

5,2405,232

Median household income

$42,898$48,766

Median home value

$111,600$144,400

Median gross rent

$638$638

Pollard

Population

126111

Median household income

$36,250$73,500

Median home value

$86,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$492$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewton	Pollard
Under 5	5.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	31.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.0%
75 and over	8.5%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewton	Pollard
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	66.7%
Black or African American	28.0%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewton	Pollard
No high school diploma	14.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewton	Pollard
Drove alone	95.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewton	Pollard
1-unit, detached	78.7%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	40.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewton	Pollard
Poverty rate	13.2%	27.9%
Average household size	2.60	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1979	1967