Homewood vs Hoover

A side-by-side comparison of Homewood and Hoover: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hoover has the higher population (92,401 vs 27,697 in Homewood). Homewood has the higher median household income ($108,386 vs $107,822 in Hoover). Homewood has the higher median home value ($502,300 vs $391,300 in Hoover).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Hoover
Population	27,697	92,401
Median age	29.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,386	$107,822
Median home value	$502,300	$391,300
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,404
Housing units	10,744	39,090
Homeownership rate	64.4%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Hoover
Population	25,534 → 27,697 (+8.5%)	85,175 → 92,401 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$84,157 → $108,386 (+28.8%)	$89,452 → $107,822 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$347,800 → $502,300 (+44.4%)	$291,000 → $391,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,457 (+31.0%)	$1,123 → $1,404 (+25.0%)

Homewood

Population

25,53427,697

Median household income

$84,157$108,386

Median home value

$347,800$502,300

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,457

Hoover

Population

85,17592,401

Median household income

$89,452$107,822

Median home value

$291,000$391,300

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homewood	Hoover
Under 5	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	18.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Hoover
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	67.3%
Black or African American	13.1%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.3%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Hoover
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	9.8%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Hoover
Drove alone	77.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	13.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Hoover
1-unit, detached	57.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	18.6%
20 or more units	11.1%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Hoover
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1970	1994