Gordon vs Madrid

A side-by-side comparison of Gordon and Madrid: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gordon has the higher population (382 vs 253 in Madrid). Gordon has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $38,750 in Madrid). Madrid has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $75,000 in Gordon).

Population, income & housing

	Gordon	Madrid
Population	382	253
Median age	51.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	$38,750
Median home value	$75,000	$129,500
Median gross rent	$850	$825
Housing units	219	145
Homeownership rate	53.5%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	30.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordon	Madrid
Population	306 → 382 (+24.8%)	334 → 253 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $41,458 (+22.8%)	$58,750 → $38,750 (-34.0%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $75,000 (+55.9%)	$80,000 → $129,500 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $850 (+44.1%)	$643 → $825 (+28.3%)

Gordon

Population

306382

Median household income

$33,750$41,458

Median home value

$48,100$75,000

Median gross rent

$590$850

Madrid

Population

334253

Median household income

$58,750$38,750

Median home value

$80,000$129,500

Median gross rent

$643$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gordon	Madrid
Under 5	1.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	8.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	22.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	19.1%	16.6%
75 and over	4.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordon	Madrid
White (non-Hispanic)	24.6%	85.4%
Black or African American	72.0%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordon	Madrid
No high school diploma	30.7%	20.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordon	Madrid
Drove alone	75.0%	94.6%
Carpooled	25.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordon	Madrid
1-unit, detached	57.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.5%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Gordon	Madrid
Poverty rate	20.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1981	1991