Bessemer vs Trussville

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

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

Trussville has the higher population (26,182 vs 25,655 in Bessemer). Trussville has the higher median household income ($120,794 vs $37,844 in Bessemer). Trussville has the higher median home value ($351,500 vs $129,800 in Bessemer).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	Trussville
Population	25,655	26,182
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,844	$120,794
Median home value	$129,800	$351,500
Median gross rent	$922	$1,450
Housing units	12,612	9,855
Homeownership rate	55.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	Trussville
Population	26,680 → 25,655 (-3.8%)	21,876 → 26,182 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$32,301 → $37,844 (+17.2%)	$97,226 → $120,794 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $129,800 (+50.1%)	$255,100 → $351,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $922 (+24.1%)	$1,414 → $1,450 (+2.5%)

Bessemer

Population

26,68025,655

Median household income

$32,301$37,844

Median home value

$86,500$129,800

Median gross rent

$743$922

Trussville

Population

21,87626,182

Median household income

$97,226$120,794

Median home value

$255,100$351,500

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	Trussville
Under 5	7.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.5%
75 and over	8.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	Trussville
White (non-Hispanic)	18.5%	83.1%
Black or African American	70.6%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	Trussville
No high school diploma	13.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	40.0%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	Trussville
Drove alone	76.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	Trussville
1-unit, detached	72.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	Trussville
Poverty rate	30.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1963	1999