Homewood vs Trussville

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

Homewood and Trussville 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 26,182 in Trussville). Trussville has the higher median household income ($120,794 vs $108,386 in Homewood). Homewood has the higher median home value ($502,300 vs $351,500 in Trussville).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Trussville
Population	27,697	26,182
Median age	29.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,386	$120,794
Median home value	$502,300	$351,500
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,450
Housing units	10,744	9,855
Homeownership rate	64.4%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Trussville
Population	25,534 → 27,697 (+8.5%)	21,876 → 26,182 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$84,157 → $108,386 (+28.8%)	$97,226 → $120,794 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$347,800 → $502,300 (+44.4%)	$255,100 → $351,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,457 (+31.0%)	$1,414 → $1,450 (+2.5%)

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

Trussville

Population

21,87626,182

Median household income

$97,226$120,794

Median home value

$255,100$351,500

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homewood	Trussville
Under 5	8.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	18.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	10.5%
75 and over	4.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Trussville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	83.1%
Black or African American	13.1%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Trussville
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	9.8%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Trussville
Drove alone	77.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.9%	12.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Trussville
1-unit, detached	57.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Trussville
Poverty rate	8.1%	1.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1970	1999