Scottsboro vs Stevenson

A side-by-side comparison of Scottsboro and Stevenson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scottsboro has the higher population (15,641 vs 1,947 in Stevenson). Scottsboro has the higher median household income ($52,949 vs $48,214 in Stevenson). Scottsboro has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $150,200 in Stevenson).

Population, income & housing

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
Population	15,641	1,947
Median age	41.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,949	$48,214
Median home value	$175,700	$150,200
Median gross rent	$792	$823
Housing units	7,015	1,105
Homeownership rate	67.5%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
Population	14,526 → 15,641 (+7.7%)	1,705 → 1,947 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$42,651 → $52,949 (+24.1%)	$35,066 → $48,214 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $175,700 (+49.0%)	$84,200 → $150,200 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $792 (+32.2%)	$368 → $823 (+123.6%)

Scottsboro

Population

14,52615,641

Median household income

$42,651$52,949

Median home value

$117,900$175,700

Median gross rent

$599$792

Stevenson

Population

1,7051,947

Median household income

$35,066$48,214

Median home value

$84,200$150,200

Median gross rent

$368$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.7%
75 and over	10.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	82.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
No high school diploma	12.4%	21.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
Drove alone	87.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
1-unit, detached	74.5%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Scottsboro	Stevenson
Poverty rate	18.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1977	1975