Gardendale vs Irondale

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

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

Gardendale has the higher population (16,110 vs 13,462 in Irondale). Gardendale has the higher median household income ($81,215 vs $71,240 in Irondale). Irondale has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $234,900 in Gardendale).

Population, income & housing

	Gardendale	Irondale
Population	16,110	13,462
Median age	38.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,215	$71,240
Median home value	$234,900	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,177
Housing units	6,379	6,862
Homeownership rate	81.4%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardendale	Irondale
Population	14,016 → 16,110 (+14.9%)	12,637 → 13,462 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$72,351 → $81,215 (+12.3%)	$56,445 → $71,240 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $234,900 (+36.8%)	$142,500 → $250,000 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,151 (+26.6%)	$1,041 → $1,177 (+13.1%)

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

Irondale

Population

12,63713,462

Median household income

$56,445$71,240

Median home value

$142,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardendale	Irondale
Under 5	8.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	17.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.8%
75 and over	7.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardendale	Irondale
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	61.2%
Black or African American	21.9%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardendale	Irondale
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	23.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardendale	Irondale
Drove alone	81.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardendale	Irondale
1-unit, detached	84.2%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Gardendale	Irondale
Poverty rate	5.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1990	1980