Gardendale vs Hueytown

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

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

Hueytown has the higher population (16,541 vs 16,110 in Gardendale). Gardendale has the higher median household income ($81,215 vs $62,362 in Hueytown). Gardendale has the higher median home value ($234,900 vs $142,900 in Hueytown).

Population, income & housing

	Gardendale	Hueytown
Population	16,110	16,541
Median age	38.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,215	$62,362
Median home value	$234,900	$142,900
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,276
Housing units	6,379	6,409
Homeownership rate	81.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardendale	Hueytown
Population	14,016 → 16,110 (+14.9%)	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$72,351 → $81,215 (+12.3%)	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $234,900 (+36.8%)	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,151 (+26.6%)	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)

Gardendale

Population

14,01616,110

Median household income

$72,351$81,215

Median home value

$171,700$234,900

Median gross rent

$909$1,151

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)

	Gardendale	Hueytown
Under 5	8.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.0%
75 and over	7.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardendale	Hueytown
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	46.2%
Black or African American	21.9%	39.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardendale	Hueytown
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardendale	Hueytown
Drove alone	81.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardendale	Hueytown
1-unit, detached	84.2%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Gardendale	Hueytown
Poverty rate	5.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1990	1973