Hollywood vs Section

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

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

Section has the higher population (998 vs 939 in Hollywood). Hollywood has the higher median household income ($55,573 vs $35,417 in Section). Section has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $102,900 in Hollywood).

Population, income & housing

	Hollywood	Section
Population	939	998
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,573	$35,417
Median home value	$102,900	$135,700
Median gross rent	$1,065	$705
Housing units	480	414
Homeownership rate	66.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hollywood	Section
Population	1,164 → 939 (-19.3%)	971 → 998 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $55,573 (+38.9%)	$32,212 → $35,417 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $102,900 (+38.5%)	$97,500 → $135,700 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,065 (+23.4%)	$588 → $705 (+19.9%)

Hollywood

Population

1,164939

Median household income

$40,000$55,573

Median home value

$74,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$863$1,065

Section

Population

971998

Median household income

$32,212$35,417

Median home value

$97,500$135,700

Median gross rent

$588$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hollywood	Section
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	21.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.2%
75 and over	7.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hollywood	Section
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	19.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hollywood	Section
No high school diploma	24.6%	23.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hollywood	Section
Drove alone	88.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hollywood	Section
1-unit, detached	80.8%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Hollywood	Section
Poverty rate	13.8%	23.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	38
Median year structure built	1980	1977