Bessemer vs Hueytown

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer and Hueytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bessemer has the higher population (25,655 vs 16,541 in Hueytown). Hueytown has the higher median household income ($62,362 vs $37,844 in Bessemer). Hueytown has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $129,800 in Bessemer).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	Hueytown
Population	25,655	16,541
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,844	$62,362
Median home value	$129,800	$142,900
Median gross rent	$922	$1,276
Housing units	12,612	6,409
Homeownership rate	55.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	Hueytown
Population	26,680 → 25,655 (-3.8%)	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$32,301 → $37,844 (+17.2%)	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $129,800 (+50.1%)	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $922 (+24.1%)	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)

Bessemer

Population

26,68025,655

Median household income

$32,301$37,844

Median home value

$86,500$129,800

Median gross rent

$743$922

Hueytown

Population

15,54016,541

Median household income

$51,519$62,362

Median home value

$116,700$142,900

Median gross rent

$874$1,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	Hueytown
Under 5	7.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.0%
75 and over	8.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	Hueytown
White (non-Hispanic)	18.5%	46.2%
Black or African American	70.6%	39.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	Hueytown
No high school diploma	13.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	Hueytown
Drove alone	76.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	Hueytown
1-unit, detached	72.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	Hueytown
Poverty rate	30.7%	16.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1963	1973