Geneva vs Slocomb

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

Geneva and Slocomb 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 1,995 in Slocomb). Geneva has the higher median household income ($48,798 vs $38,988 in Slocomb). Geneva has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $96,000 in Slocomb).

Population, income & housing

	Geneva	Slocomb
Population	4,227	1,995
Median age	47.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,798	$38,988
Median home value	$106,500	$96,000
Median gross rent	$654	$764
Housing units	1,944	899
Homeownership rate	68.0%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneva	Slocomb
Population	4,340 → 4,227 (-2.6%)	1,852 → 1,995 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$42,031 → $48,798 (+16.1%)	$38,229 → $38,988 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $106,500 (+2.8%)	$68,000 → $96,000 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$449 → $654 (+45.7%)	$735 → $764 (+3.9%)

Geneva

Population

4,3404,227

Median household income

$42,031$48,798

Median home value

$103,600$106,500

Median gross rent

$449$654

Slocomb

Population

1,8521,995

Median household income

$38,229$38,988

Median home value

$68,000$96,000

Median gross rent

$735$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geneva	Slocomb
Under 5	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	19.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.9%
75 and over	10.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneva	Slocomb
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	71.9%
Black or African American	8.8%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneva	Slocomb
No high school diploma	13.9%	15.9%
High school graduate	44.6%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneva	Slocomb
Drove alone	89.2%	91.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneva	Slocomb
1-unit, detached	71.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Geneva	Slocomb
Poverty rate	28.3%	30.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1972	1973