Fultondale vs Pleasant Grove

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

Fultondale and Pleasant Grove 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 9,502 in Pleasant Grove). Fultondale has the higher median household income ($69,127 vs $68,344 in Pleasant Grove). Pleasant Grove has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $181,900 in Fultondale).

Population, income & housing

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
Population	9,753	9,502
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,127	$68,344
Median home value	$181,900	$189,100
Median gross rent	$1,214	$1,153
Housing units	4,608	3,807
Homeownership rate	65.9%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
Population	9,179 → 9,753 (+6.3%)	9,651 → 9,502 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$62,825 → $69,127 (+10.0%)	$70,526 → $68,344 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $181,900 (+23.2%)	$157,400 → $189,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,214 (+22.3%)	$1,134 → $1,153 (+1.7%)

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

Pleasant Grove

Population

9,6519,502

Median household income

$70,526$68,344

Median home value

$157,400$189,100

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
Under 5	5.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.4%
75 and over	7.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	29.3%
Black or African American	35.0%	67.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
Drove alone	76.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	5.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
1-unit, detached	70.6%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	10.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fultondale	Pleasant Grove
Poverty rate	13.3%	19.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1984	1986