Attalla vs Hokes Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Attalla and Hokes Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Attalla has the higher population (5,829 vs 4,493 in Hokes Bluff). Hokes Bluff has the higher median household income ($81,544 vs $55,429 in Attalla). Hokes Bluff has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $120,400 in Attalla).

Population, income & housing

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
Population	5,829	4,493
Median age	48.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$81,544
Median home value	$120,400	$194,900
Median gross rent	$617	$941
Housing units	2,995	2,015
Homeownership rate	77.3%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
Population	5,836 → 5,829 (-0.1%)	4,286 → 4,493 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$39,247 → $55,429 (+41.2%)	$49,167 → $81,544 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $120,400 (+66.8%)	$135,300 → $194,900 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $617 (+13.8%)	$1,012 → $941 (-7.0%)

Attalla

Population

5,8365,829

Median household income

$39,247$55,429

Median home value

$72,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$542$617

Hokes Bluff

Population

4,2864,493

Median household income

$49,167$81,544

Median home value

$135,300$194,900

Median gross rent

$1,012$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
Under 5	4.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	18.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	20.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	16.0%
75 and over	6.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	98.8%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
Drove alone	95.2%	90.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
1-unit, detached	82.4%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Attalla	Hokes Bluff
Poverty rate	15.4%	2.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1964	1984