Hollywood vs Langston

A side-by-side comparison of Hollywood and Langston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hollywood has the higher population (939 vs 261 in Langston). Hollywood has the higher median household income ($55,573 vs $51,042 in Langston). Langston has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $102,900 in Hollywood).

Population, income & housing

	Hollywood	Langston
Population	939	261
Median age	44.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,573	$51,042
Median home value	$102,900	$300,000
Median gross rent	$1,065	$745
Housing units	480	230
Homeownership rate	66.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hollywood	Langston
Population	1,164 → 939 (-19.3%)	211 → 261 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $55,573 (+38.9%)	$46,136 → $51,042 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $102,900 (+38.5%)	$335,700 → $300,000 (-10.6%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,065 (+23.4%)	$688 → $745 (+8.3%)

Hollywood

Population

1,164939

Median household income

$40,000$55,573

Median home value

$74,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$863$1,065

Langston

Population

211261

Median household income

$46,136$51,042

Median home value

$335,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$688$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hollywood	Langston
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.7%	4.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	26.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	21.5%
75 and over	7.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hollywood	Langston
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	19.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hollywood	Langston
No high school diploma	24.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hollywood	Langston
Drove alone	88.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hollywood	Langston
1-unit, detached	80.8%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Hollywood	Langston
Poverty rate	13.8%	27.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	42
Median year structure built	1980	1989