Hoover vs Vestavia Hills

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

Hoover and Vestavia Hills 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 38,704 in Vestavia Hills). Vestavia Hills has the higher median household income ($129,171 vs $107,822 in Hoover). Vestavia Hills has the higher median home value ($494,500 vs $391,300 in Hoover).

Population, income & housing

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
Population	92,401	38,704
Median age	38.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,822	$129,171
Median home value	$391,300	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,404	$1,455
Housing units	39,090	15,275
Homeownership rate	71.2%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	62.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
Population	85,175 → 92,401 (+8.5%)	34,307 → 38,704 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$89,452 → $107,822 (+20.5%)	$109,485 → $129,171 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$291,000 → $391,300 (+34.5%)	$376,200 → $494,500 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,404 (+25.0%)	$1,218 → $1,455 (+19.5%)

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

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)

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	83.2%
Black or African American	19.5%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	11.4%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
Drove alone	78.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
1-unit, detached	67.1%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	12.1%
20 or more units	7.5%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hoover	Vestavia Hills
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1994	1978