Gadsden vs Southside

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

Gadsden and Southside 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 9,407 in Southside). Southside has the higher median household income ($73,695 vs $38,699 in Gadsden). Southside has the higher median home value ($202,900 vs $101,900 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Southside
Population	33,617	9,407
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,699	$73,695
Median home value	$101,900	$202,900
Median gross rent	$787	$1,131
Housing units	16,378	3,441
Homeownership rate	54.4%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Southside
Population	35,486 → 33,617 (-5.3%)	8,811 → 9,407 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$32,642 → $38,699 (+18.6%)	$72,687 → $73,695 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,900 (+38.5%)	$153,100 → $202,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $787 (+22.0%)	$942 → $1,131 (+20.1%)

Gadsden

Population

35,48633,617

Median household income

$32,642$38,699

Median home value

$73,600$101,900

Median gross rent

$645$787

Southside

Population

8,8119,407

Median household income

$72,687$73,695

Median home value

$153,100$202,900

Median gross rent

$942$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden	Southside
Under 5	6.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.4%
75 and over	7.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Southside
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	89.3%
Black or African American	36.8%	4.6%
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%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Southside
No high school diploma	17.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Southside
Drove alone	83.8%	94.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	Southside
1-unit, detached	75.6%	94.3%
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%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Southside
Poverty rate	27.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1959	1985