Geneva vs Samson

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

Geneva and Samson 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 1,477 in Samson). Geneva has the higher median household income ($48,798 vs $31,964 in Samson). Geneva has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $77,700 in Samson).

Population, income & housing

	Geneva	Samson
Population	4,227	1,477
Median age	47.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,798	$31,964
Median home value	$106,500	$77,700
Median gross rent	$654	$713
Housing units	1,944	895
Homeownership rate	68.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneva	Samson
Population	4,340 → 4,227 (-2.6%)	1,686 → 1,477 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$42,031 → $48,798 (+16.1%)	$25,250 → $31,964 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $106,500 (+2.8%)	$60,100 → $77,700 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$449 → $654 (+45.7%)	$456 → $713 (+56.4%)

Geneva

Population

4,3404,227

Median household income

$42,031$48,798

Median home value

$103,600$106,500

Median gross rent

$449$654

Samson

Population

1,6861,477

Median household income

$25,250$31,964

Median home value

$60,100$77,700

Median gross rent

$456$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geneva	Samson
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	17.2%
75 and over	10.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneva	Samson
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	70.0%
Black or African American	8.8%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneva	Samson
No high school diploma	13.9%	30.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneva	Samson
Drove alone	89.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneva	Samson
1-unit, detached	71.2%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Geneva	Samson
Poverty rate	28.3%	37.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1972	1969