Attalla vs Sardis City

A side-by-side comparison of Attalla and Sardis City: population, income, housing, and more.

Attalla and Sardis City 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 1,805 in Sardis City). Sardis City has the higher median household income ($59,632 vs $55,429 in Attalla). Sardis City has the higher median home value ($207,300 vs $120,400 in Attalla).

Population, income & housing

	Attalla	Sardis City
Population	5,829	1,805
Median age	48.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$59,632
Median home value	$120,400	$207,300
Median gross rent	$617	$830
Housing units	2,995	763
Homeownership rate	77.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attalla	Sardis City
Population	5,836 → 5,829 (-0.1%)	1,742 → 1,805 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$39,247 → $55,429 (+41.2%)	$59,643 → $59,632 (-0.0%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $120,400 (+66.8%)	$149,000 → $207,300 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $617 (+13.8%)	$741 → $830 (+12.0%)

Attalla

Population

5,8365,829

Median household income

$39,247$55,429

Median home value

$72,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$542$617

Sardis City

Population

1,7421,805

Median household income

$59,643$59,632

Median home value

$149,000$207,300

Median gross rent

$741$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attalla	Sardis City
Under 5	4.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	18.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.4%
75 and over	6.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attalla	Sardis City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attalla	Sardis City
No high school diploma	14.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attalla	Sardis City
Drove alone	95.2%	92.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attalla	Sardis City
1-unit, detached	82.4%	98.8%
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%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Attalla	Sardis City
Poverty rate	15.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1964	1985