Egypt vs New Union

A side-by-side comparison of Egypt and New Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Egypt has the higher population (1,039 vs 927 in New Union). New Union has the higher median household income ($43,493 vs $37,153 in Egypt). Egypt has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $144,600 in New Union).

Population, income & housing

	Egypt	New Union
Population	1,039	927
Median age	36.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,153	$43,493
Median home value	$184,900	$144,600
Housing units	484	377
Homeownership rate	87.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Egypt	New Union
Population	1,034 → 1,039 (+0.5%)	829 → 927 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$41,148 → $37,153 (-9.7%)	$47,188 → $43,493 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$158,500 → $184,900 (+16.7%)	$86,100 → $144,600 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$756 → $673 (-11.0%)

Egypt

Population

1,0341,039

Median household income

$41,148$37,153

Median home value

$158,500$184,900

New Union

Population

829927

Median household income

$47,188$43,493

Median home value

$86,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$756$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Egypt	New Union
Under 5	7.1%	9.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	1.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	27.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	15.6%
75 and over	3.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Egypt	New Union
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Egypt	New Union
No high school diploma	18.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Egypt	New Union
Drove alone	94.8%	93.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Egypt	New Union
1-unit, detached	77.3%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Egypt	New Union
Poverty rate	19.7%	27.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	45	37
Median year structure built	1991	1982