Gadsden vs Glencoe

A side-by-side comparison of Gadsden and Glencoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gadsden has the higher population (33,617 vs 5,356 in Glencoe). Glencoe has the higher median household income ($66,050 vs $38,699 in Gadsden). Glencoe has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $101,900 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Glencoe
Population	33,617	5,356
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,699	$66,050
Median home value	$101,900	$203,200
Median gross rent	$787	$638
Housing units	16,378	2,294
Homeownership rate	54.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Glencoe
Population	35,486 → 33,617 (-5.3%)	5,077 → 5,356 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$32,642 → $38,699 (+18.6%)	$60,290 → $66,050 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,900 (+38.5%)	$154,500 → $203,200 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $787 (+22.0%)	$556 → $638 (+14.7%)

Gadsden

Population

35,48633,617

Median household income

$32,642$38,699

Median home value

$73,600$101,900

Median gross rent

$645$787

Glencoe

Population

5,0775,356

Median household income

$60,290$66,050

Median home value

$154,500$203,200

Median gross rent

$556$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden	Glencoe
Under 5	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.9%
75 and over	7.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Glencoe
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	36.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Glencoe
No high school diploma	17.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Glencoe
Drove alone	83.8%	86.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.7%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	Glencoe
1-unit, detached	75.6%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.9%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Glencoe
Poverty rate	27.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1959	1980