Ballplay vs Tidmore Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Ballplay and Tidmore Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ballplay has the higher population (1,149 vs 1,086 in Tidmore Bend). Ballplay has the higher median household income ($60,825 vs $49,688 in Tidmore Bend). Tidmore Bend has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $152,800 in Ballplay).

Population, income & housing

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
Population	1,149	1,086
Median age	38.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,825	$49,688
Median home value	$152,800	$184,700
Median gross rent	—	$975
Housing units	590	476
Homeownership rate	95.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
Population	1,605 → 1,149 (-28.4%)	1,221 → 1,086 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$70,938 → $60,825 (-14.3%)	$51,250 → $49,688 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $152,800 (+111.0%)	$90,800 → $184,700 (+103.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $975 (+27.1%)

Ballplay

Population

1,6051,149

Median household income

$70,938$60,825

Median home value

$72,400$152,800

Tidmore Bend

Population

1,2211,086

Median household income

$51,250$49,688

Median home value

$90,800$184,700

Median gross rent

$767$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
Under 5	6.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	18.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	5.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	17.1%
75 and over	4.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	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	3.5%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
No high school diploma	15.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
Drove alone	98.4%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
1-unit, detached	51.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.0%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Ballplay	Tidmore Bend
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	40	21
Median year structure built	1994	1986