Red Bay vs Russellville

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

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

Russellville has the higher population (10,783 vs 3,213 in Red Bay). Russellville has the higher median household income ($52,529 vs $35,587 in Red Bay). Russellville has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $105,500 in Red Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Red Bay	Russellville
Population	3,213	10,783
Median age	48.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,587	$52,529
Median home value	$105,500	$117,300
Median gross rent	$565	$716
Housing units	1,811	4,081
Homeownership rate	62.1%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Bay	Russellville
Population	3,114 → 3,213 (+3.2%)	9,781 → 10,783 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$35,724 → $35,587 (-0.4%)	$43,358 → $52,529 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $105,500 (+26.2%)	$92,700 → $117,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $565 (+19.5%)	$583 → $716 (+22.8%)

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

Russellville

Population

9,78110,783

Median household income

$43,358$52,529

Median home value

$92,700$117,300

Median gross rent

$583$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Bay	Russellville
Under 5	5.1%	9.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	20.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.6%
75 and over	13.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Bay	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	47.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	41.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Bay	Russellville
No high school diploma	16.5%	29.3%
High school graduate	42.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Bay	Russellville
Drove alone	83.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	15.4%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Bay	Russellville
1-unit, detached	71.9%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Red Bay	Russellville
Poverty rate	20.6%	15.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1974	1980