Phil Campbell vs Red Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Phil Campbell and Red Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Phil Campbell and Red Bay are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Red Bay has the higher population (3,213 vs 834 in Phil Campbell). Red Bay has the higher median household income ($35,587 vs $31,500 in Phil Campbell). Red Bay has the higher median home value ($105,500 vs $99,200 in Phil Campbell).

Population, income & housing

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
Population	834	3,213
Median age	41.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,500	$35,587
Median home value	$99,200	$105,500
Median gross rent	$642	$565
Housing units	400	1,811
Homeownership rate	70.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
Population	1,009 → 834 (-17.3%)	3,114 → 3,213 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$27,670 → $31,500 (+13.8%)	$35,724 → $35,587 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$73,100 → $99,200 (+35.7%)	$83,600 → $105,500 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $642 (+20.7%)	$473 → $565 (+19.5%)

Phil Campbell

Population

1,009834

Median household income

$27,670$31,500

Median home value

$73,100$99,200

Median gross rent

$532$642

Red Bay

Population

3,1143,213

Median household income

$35,724$35,587

Median home value

$83,600$105,500

Median gross rent

$473$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	20.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.8%
75 and over	5.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
No high school diploma	20.4%	16.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
Drove alone	70.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	28.7%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
1-unit, detached	59.8%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Phil Campbell	Red Bay
Poverty rate	24.3%	20.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1986	1974