Headland vs Newville

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

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

Headland has the higher population (5,124 vs 587 in Newville). Headland has the higher median household income ($82,736 vs $42,679 in Newville). Headland has the higher median home value ($190,700 vs $90,000 in Newville).

Population, income & housing

	Headland	Newville
Population	5,124	587
Median age	37.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,736	$42,679
Median home value	$190,700	$90,000
Median gross rent	$793	$756
Housing units	2,101	317
Homeownership rate	82.5%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Headland	Newville
Population	4,665 → 5,124 (+9.8%)	433 → 587 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$62,140 → $82,736 (+33.1%)	$28,750 → $42,679 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $190,700 (+31.3%)	$74,100 → $90,000 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $793 (+26.5%)	$545 → $756 (+38.7%)

Headland

Population

4,6655,124

Median household income

$62,140$82,736

Median home value

$145,200$190,700

Median gross rent

$627$793

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)

	Headland	Newville
Under 5	5.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.8%
75 and over	6.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Headland	Newville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	58.6%
Black or African American	14.9%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Headland	Newville
No high school diploma	17.5%	16.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Headland	Newville
Drove alone	92.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	15.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Headland	Newville
1-unit, detached	93.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Headland	Newville
Poverty rate	5.6%	25.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1980	1972