Birmingham vs Trussville

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

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

Birmingham has the higher population (199,322 vs 26,182 in Trussville). Trussville has the higher median household income ($120,794 vs $44,376 in Birmingham). Trussville has the higher median home value ($351,500 vs $138,600 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Trussville
Population	199,322	26,182
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,376	$120,794
Median home value	$138,600	$351,500
Median gross rent	$1,047	$1,450
Housing units	108,903	9,855
Homeownership rate	45.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Trussville
Population	212,297 → 199,322 (-6.1%)	21,876 → 26,182 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$37,375 → $44,376 (+18.7%)	$97,226 → $120,794 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $138,600 (+52.1%)	$255,100 → $351,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,047 (+25.1%)	$1,414 → $1,450 (+2.5%)

Birmingham

Population

212,297199,322

Median household income

$37,375$44,376

Median home value

$91,100$138,600

Median gross rent

$837$1,047

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)

	Birmingham	Trussville
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.5%
75 and over	5.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Trussville
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	83.1%
Black or African American	66.9%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Trussville
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	28.2%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Trussville
Drove alone	74.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.5%	12.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Trussville
1-unit, detached	57.4%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Trussville
Poverty rate	25.2%	1.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1965	1999