Abbeville vs Newville

A side-by-side comparison of Abbeville and Newville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abbeville has the higher population (2,470 vs 587 in Newville). Newville has the higher median household income ($42,679 vs $32,778 in Abbeville). Abbeville has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $90,000 in Newville).

Population, income & housing

	Abbeville	Newville
Population	2,470	587
Median age	55.3 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,778	$42,679
Median home value	$98,000	$90,000
Median gross rent	$554	$756
Housing units	1,288	317
Homeownership rate	69.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbeville	Newville
Population	2,573 → 2,470 (-4.0%)	433 → 587 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $32,778 (-11.1%)	$28,750 → $42,679 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $98,000 (+16.7%)	$74,100 → $90,000 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $554 (-11.1%)	$545 → $756 (+38.7%)

Abbeville

Population

2,5732,470

Median household income

$36,875$32,778

Median home value

$84,000$98,000

Median gross rent

$623$554

Newville

Population

433587

Median household income

$28,750$42,679

Median home value

$74,100$90,000

Median gross rent

$545$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbeville	Newville
Under 5	2.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	23.5%	13.8%
75 and over	11.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbeville	Newville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	58.6%
Black or African American	41.0%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbeville	Newville
No high school diploma	19.7%	16.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbeville	Newville
Drove alone	77.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	6.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	15.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbeville	Newville
1-unit, detached	76.8%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Abbeville	Newville
Poverty rate	22.0%	25.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1969	1972