Homewood vs Mountain Brook

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

Homewood and Mountain Brook 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 22,160 in Mountain Brook). Mountain Brook has the higher median household income ($191,128 vs $108,386 in Homewood). Mountain Brook has the higher median home value ($891,300 vs $502,300 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
Population	27,697	22,160
Median age	29.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,386	$191,128
Median home value	$502,300	$891,300
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,444
Housing units	10,744	8,819
Homeownership rate	64.4%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	88.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
Population	25,534 → 27,697 (+8.5%)	20,436 → 22,160 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$84,157 → $108,386 (+28.8%)	$152,355 → $191,128 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$347,800 → $502,300 (+44.4%)	$628,800 → $891,300 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,457 (+31.0%)	$1,561 → $1,444 (-7.5%)

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

Mountain Brook

Population

20,43622,160

Median household income

$152,355$191,128

Median home value

$628,800$891,300

Median gross rent

$1,561$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
Under 5	8.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.5%
18 to 24	18.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.0%
75 and over	4.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	13.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	9.8%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	50.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	38.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
Drove alone	77.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.9%	16.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
1-unit, detached	57.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	3.1%
20 or more units	11.1%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Mountain Brook
Poverty rate	8.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1970	1965