Homewood vs Vestavia Hills

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

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

Vestavia Hills has the higher population (38,704 vs 27,697 in Homewood). Vestavia Hills has the higher median household income ($129,171 vs $108,386 in Homewood). Homewood has the higher median home value ($502,300 vs $494,500 in Vestavia Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
Population	27,697	38,704
Median age	29.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,386	$129,171
Median home value	$502,300	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,455
Housing units	10,744	15,275
Homeownership rate	64.4%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	62.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
Population	25,534 → 27,697 (+8.5%)	34,307 → 38,704 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$84,157 → $108,386 (+28.8%)	$109,485 → $129,171 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$347,800 → $502,300 (+44.4%)	$376,200 → $494,500 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,457 (+31.0%)	$1,218 → $1,455 (+19.5%)

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

Vestavia Hills

Population

34,30738,704

Median household income

$109,485$129,171

Median home value

$376,200$494,500

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
Under 5	8.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	18.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.8%
75 and over	4.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	83.2%
Black or African American	13.1%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	9.8%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
Drove alone	77.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	15.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
1-unit, detached	57.7%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	12.1%
20 or more units	11.1%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Vestavia Hills
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1970	1978