Section vs Skyline

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

Section 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 998 in Section). Skyline has the higher median household income ($40,721 vs $35,417 in Section). Section has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $113,000 in Skyline).

Population, income & housing

	Section	Skyline
Population	998	1,011
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$40,721
Median home value	$135,700	$113,000
Median gross rent	$705	$655
Housing units	414	442
Homeownership rate	70.0%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Section	Skyline
Population	971 → 998 (+2.8%)	870 → 1,011 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$32,212 → $35,417 (+9.9%)	$36,750 → $40,721 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $135,700 (+39.2%)	$80,300 → $113,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $705 (+19.9%)	$588 → $655 (+11.4%)

Section

Population

971998

Median household income

$32,212$35,417

Median home value

$97,500$135,700

Median gross rent

$588$705

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)

	Section	Skyline
Under 5	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	21.1%
75 and over	6.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Section	Skyline
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	1.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Section	Skyline
No high school diploma	23.1%	26.6%
High school graduate	37.1%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Section	Skyline
Drove alone	79.6%	88.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Section	Skyline
1-unit, detached	69.8%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Section	Skyline
Poverty rate	23.3%	19.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1977	1978