Homewood vs Hueytown

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

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

Homewood has the higher population (27,697 vs 16,541 in Hueytown). Homewood has the higher median household income ($108,386 vs $62,362 in Hueytown). Homewood has the higher median home value ($502,300 vs $142,900 in Hueytown).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Hueytown
Population	27,697	16,541
Median age	29.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,386	$62,362
Median home value	$502,300	$142,900
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,276
Housing units	10,744	6,409
Homeownership rate	64.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Hueytown
Population	25,534 → 27,697 (+8.5%)	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$84,157 → $108,386 (+28.8%)	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$347,800 → $502,300 (+44.4%)	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,457 (+31.0%)	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)

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

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)

	Homewood	Hueytown
Under 5	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	18.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	10.0%
75 and over	4.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Hueytown
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	46.2%
Black or African American	13.1%	39.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Hueytown
No high school diploma	3.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	9.8%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Hueytown
Drove alone	77.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Hueytown
1-unit, detached	57.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Hueytown
Poverty rate	8.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1970	1973