Berry vs Fayette

A side-by-side comparison of Berry and Fayette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayette has the higher population (4,221 vs 1,063 in Berry). Berry has the higher median household income ($48,819 vs $38,009 in Fayette). Fayette has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $103,900 in Berry).

Population, income & housing

	Berry	Fayette
Population	1,063	4,221
Median age	39.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,819	$38,009
Median home value	$103,900	$122,100
Median gross rent	$465	$589
Housing units	404	2,444
Homeownership rate	72.1%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berry	Fayette
Population	1,345 → 1,063 (-21.0%)	4,364 → 4,221 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$45,375 → $48,819 (+7.6%)	$33,472 → $38,009 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $103,900 (+14.4%)	$86,600 → $122,100 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$271 → $465 (+71.6%)	$512 → $589 (+15.0%)

Berry

Population

1,3451,063

Median household income

$45,375$48,819

Median home value

$90,800$103,900

Median gross rent

$271$465

Fayette

Population

4,3644,221

Median household income

$33,472$38,009

Median home value

$86,600$122,100

Median gross rent

$512$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berry	Fayette
Under 5	4.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.4%
75 and over	7.7%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berry	Fayette
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	73.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	21.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berry	Fayette
No high school diploma	26.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	33.1%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berry	Fayette
Drove alone	83.2%	93.3%
Carpooled	14.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berry	Fayette
1-unit, detached	49.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	34.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Berry	Fayette
Poverty rate	24.7%	32.4%
Average household size	3.33	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1985	1974