Attalla vs Whitesboro

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

Attalla and Whitesboro 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 2,098 in Whitesboro). Whitesboro has the higher median household income ($66,215 vs $55,429 in Attalla). Attalla has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $117,900 in Whitesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Attalla	Whitesboro
Population	5,829	2,098
Median age	48.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$66,215
Median home value	$120,400	$117,900
Median gross rent	$617	$946
Housing units	2,995	1,011
Homeownership rate	77.3%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attalla	Whitesboro
Population	5,836 → 5,829 (-0.1%)	2,602 → 2,098 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$39,247 → $55,429 (+41.2%)	$48,523 → $66,215 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $120,400 (+66.8%)	$83,900 → $117,900 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $617 (+13.8%)	$681 → $946 (+38.9%)

Attalla

Population

5,8365,829

Median household income

$39,247$55,429

Median home value

$72,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$542$617

Whitesboro

Population

2,6022,098

Median household income

$48,523$66,215

Median home value

$83,900$117,900

Median gross rent

$681$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attalla	Whitesboro
Under 5	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	18.9%	20.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	5.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.7%
75 and over	6.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attalla	Whitesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	95.6%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attalla	Whitesboro
No high school diploma	14.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attalla	Whitesboro
Drove alone	95.2%	96.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attalla	Whitesboro
1-unit, detached	82.4%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Attalla	Whitesboro
Poverty rate	15.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1964	1981