Gardendale vs McCalla

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

Gardendale and McCalla 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 13,939 in McCalla). McCalla has the higher median household income ($83,782 vs $81,215 in Gardendale). McCalla has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $234,900 in Gardendale).

Population, income & housing

	Gardendale	McCalla
Population	16,110	13,939
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,215	$83,782
Median home value	$234,900	$252,800
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,838
Housing units	6,379	5,730
Homeownership rate	81.4%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardendale	McCalla
Population	14,016 → 16,110 (+14.9%)	12,077 → 13,939 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$72,351 → $81,215 (+12.3%)	$71,061 → $83,782 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $234,900 (+36.8%)	$199,600 → $252,800 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,151 (+26.6%)	$1,377 → $1,838 (+33.5%)

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

McCalla

Population

12,07713,939

Median household income

$71,061$83,782

Median home value

$199,600$252,800

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardendale	McCalla
Under 5	8.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.2%
75 and over	7.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardendale	McCalla
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	45.4%
Black or African American	21.9%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardendale	McCalla
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardendale	McCalla
Drove alone	81.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	13.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardendale	McCalla
1-unit, detached	84.2%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardendale	McCalla
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1990	2002