Black vs Geneva

A side-by-side comparison of Black and Geneva: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Geneva has the higher population (4,227 vs 462 in Black). Black has the higher median household income ($58,438 vs $48,798 in Geneva). Geneva has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $58,500 in Black).

Population, income & housing

	Black	Geneva
Population	462	4,227
Median age	28.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$48,798
Median home value	$58,500	$106,500
Median gross rent	—	$654
Housing units	153	1,944
Homeownership rate	94.7%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black	Geneva
Population	203 → 462 (+127.6%)	4,340 → 4,227 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $58,438 (+19.9%)	$42,031 → $48,798 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $58,500 (-20.5%)	$103,600 → $106,500 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $420 (-3.0%)	$449 → $654 (+45.7%)

Black

Population

203462

Median household income

$48,750$58,438

Median home value

$73,600$58,500

Median gross rent

$433$420

Geneva

Population

4,3404,227

Median household income

$42,031$48,798

Median home value

$103,600$106,500

Median gross rent

$449$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black	Geneva
Under 5	19.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	0.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.4%	19.1%
55 to 64	4.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.0%
75 and over	1.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black	Geneva
No high school diploma	4.2%	13.9%
High school graduate	47.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black	Geneva
Drove alone	21.9%	89.2%
Carpooled	78.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black	Geneva
1-unit, detached	40.5%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	58.8%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Black	Geneva
Poverty rate	8.4%	28.3%
Average household size	3.08	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1992	1972