Southside vs Whitesboro

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

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

Southside has the higher population (9,407 vs 2,098 in Whitesboro). Southside has the higher median household income ($73,695 vs $66,215 in Whitesboro). Southside has the higher median home value ($202,900 vs $117,900 in Whitesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Southside	Whitesboro
Population	9,407	2,098
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,695	$66,215
Median home value	$202,900	$117,900
Median gross rent	$1,131	$946
Housing units	3,441	1,011
Homeownership rate	91.6%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southside	Whitesboro
Population	8,811 → 9,407 (+6.8%)	2,602 → 2,098 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$72,687 → $73,695 (+1.4%)	$48,523 → $66,215 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $202,900 (+32.5%)	$83,900 → $117,900 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,131 (+20.1%)	$681 → $946 (+38.9%)

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

Whitesboro

Population

2,6022,098

Median household income

$48,523$66,215

Median home value

$83,900$117,900

Median gross rent

$681$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southside	Whitesboro
Under 5	8.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	20.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	5.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.7%
75 and over	7.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southside	Whitesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southside	Whitesboro
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southside	Whitesboro
Drove alone	94.3%	96.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southside	Whitesboro
1-unit, detached	94.3%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Southside	Whitesboro
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1985	1981