Attalla vs Southside

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

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

Southside has the higher population (9,407 vs 5,829 in Attalla). Southside has the higher median household income ($73,695 vs $55,429 in Attalla). Southside has the higher median home value ($202,900 vs $120,400 in Attalla).

Population, income & housing

	Attalla	Southside
Population	5,829	9,407
Median age	48.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$73,695
Median home value	$120,400	$202,900
Median gross rent	$617	$1,131
Housing units	2,995	3,441
Homeownership rate	77.3%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attalla	Southside
Population	5,836 → 5,829 (-0.1%)	8,811 → 9,407 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$39,247 → $55,429 (+41.2%)	$72,687 → $73,695 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $120,400 (+66.8%)	$153,100 → $202,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $617 (+13.8%)	$942 → $1,131 (+20.1%)

Attalla

Population

5,8365,829

Median household income

$39,247$55,429

Median home value

$72,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$542$617

Southside

Population

8,8119,407

Median household income

$72,687$73,695

Median home value

$153,100$202,900

Median gross rent

$942$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attalla	Southside
Under 5	4.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	18.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	12.4%
75 and over	6.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attalla	Southside
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	4.6%
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%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attalla	Southside
No high school diploma	14.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	40.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attalla	Southside
Drove alone	95.2%	94.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attalla	Southside
1-unit, detached	82.4%	94.3%
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%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Attalla	Southside
Poverty rate	15.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1964	1985