Hytop vs Skyline

A side-by-side comparison of Hytop and Skyline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Skyline has the higher population (1,011 vs 569 in Hytop). Hytop has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $40,721 in Skyline). Hytop has the higher median home value ($143,200 vs $113,000 in Skyline).

Population, income & housing

	Hytop	Skyline
Population	569	1,011
Median age	36.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$40,721
Median home value	$143,200	$113,000
Median gross rent	$692	$655
Housing units	232	442
Homeownership rate	85.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hytop	Skyline
Population	424 → 569 (+34.2%)	870 → 1,011 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$52,679 → $70,833 (+34.5%)	$36,750 → $40,721 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $143,200 (+41.6%)	$80,300 → $113,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $692 (-8.5%)	$588 → $655 (+11.4%)

Hytop

Population

424569

Median household income

$52,679$70,833

Median home value

$101,100$143,200

Median gross rent

$756$692

Skyline

Population

8701,011

Median household income

$36,750$40,721

Median home value

$80,300$113,000

Median gross rent

$588$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hytop	Skyline
Under 5	9.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	12.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	21.1%
75 and over	7.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hytop	Skyline
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hytop	Skyline
No high school diploma	21.1%	26.6%
High school graduate	39.1%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hytop	Skyline
Drove alone	85.5%	88.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hytop	Skyline
1-unit, detached	74.1%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
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	25.9%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Hytop	Skyline
Poverty rate	16.2%	19.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1984	1978