Hoover vs Mountain Brook

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

Hoover and Mountain Brook 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 22,160 in Mountain Brook). Mountain Brook has the higher median household income ($191,128 vs $107,822 in Hoover). Mountain Brook has the higher median home value ($891,300 vs $391,300 in Hoover).

Population, income & housing

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
Population	92,401	22,160
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,822	$191,128
Median home value	$391,300	$891,300
Median gross rent	$1,404	$1,444
Housing units	39,090	8,819
Homeownership rate	71.2%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	88.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
Population	85,175 → 92,401 (+8.5%)	20,436 → 22,160 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$89,452 → $107,822 (+20.5%)	$152,355 → $191,128 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$291,000 → $391,300 (+34.5%)	$628,800 → $891,300 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,404 (+25.0%)	$1,561 → $1,444 (-7.5%)

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

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)

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
Under 5	7.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	19.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.3%
High school graduate	11.4%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	50.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	38.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
Drove alone	78.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.9%	16.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
1-unit, detached	67.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	7.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hoover	Mountain Brook
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1994	1965