Gadsden vs Hokes Bluff

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

Gadsden and Hokes Bluff 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 4,493 in Hokes Bluff). Hokes Bluff has the higher median household income ($81,544 vs $38,699 in Gadsden). Hokes Bluff has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $101,900 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
Population	33,617	4,493
Median age	39.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,699	$81,544
Median home value	$101,900	$194,900
Median gross rent	$787	$941
Housing units	16,378	2,015
Homeownership rate	54.4%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
Population	35,486 → 33,617 (-5.3%)	4,286 → 4,493 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$32,642 → $38,699 (+18.6%)	$49,167 → $81,544 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,900 (+38.5%)	$135,300 → $194,900 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $787 (+22.0%)	$1,012 → $941 (-7.0%)

Gadsden

Population

35,48633,617

Median household income

$32,642$38,699

Median home value

$73,600$101,900

Median gross rent

$645$787

Hokes Bluff

Population

4,2864,493

Median household income

$49,167$81,544

Median home value

$135,300$194,900

Median gross rent

$1,012$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
Under 5	6.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	20.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	16.0%
75 and over	7.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	98.8%
Black or African American	36.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
No high school diploma	17.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
Drove alone	83.8%	90.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
1-unit, detached	75.6%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Hokes Bluff
Poverty rate	27.6%	2.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1959	1984