Fultondale vs Pinson

A side-by-side comparison of Fultondale and Pinson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fultondale has the higher population (9,753 vs 7,851 in Pinson). Pinson has the higher median household income ($80,349 vs $69,127 in Fultondale). Pinson has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $181,900 in Fultondale).

Population, income & housing

	Fultondale	Pinson
Population	9,753	7,851
Median age	38.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,127	$80,349
Median home value	$181,900	$194,300
Median gross rent	$1,214	$1,406
Housing units	4,608	2,951
Homeownership rate	65.9%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fultondale	Pinson
Population	9,179 → 9,753 (+6.3%)	7,109 → 7,851 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$62,825 → $69,127 (+10.0%)	$69,764 → $80,349 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $181,900 (+23.2%)	$137,400 → $194,300 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,214 (+22.3%)	$884 → $1,406 (+59.0%)

Fultondale

Population

9,1799,753

Median household income

$62,825$69,127

Median home value

$147,700$181,900

Median gross rent

$993$1,214

Pinson

Population

7,1097,851

Median household income

$69,764$80,349

Median home value

$137,400$194,300

Median gross rent

$884$1,406

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fultondale	Pinson
Under 5	5.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.1%
75 and over	7.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fultondale	Pinson
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	37.5%
Black or African American	35.0%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fultondale	Pinson
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fultondale	Pinson
Drove alone	76.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	8.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fultondale	Pinson
1-unit, detached	70.6%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Fultondale	Pinson
Poverty rate	13.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1984	1987