Hueytown vs Irondale

A side-by-side comparison of Hueytown and Irondale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hueytown has the higher population (16,541 vs 13,462 in Irondale). Irondale has the higher median household income ($71,240 vs $62,362 in Hueytown). Irondale has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $142,900 in Hueytown).

Population, income & housing

	Hueytown	Irondale
Population	16,541	13,462
Median age	35.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,362	$71,240
Median home value	$142,900	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,276	$1,177
Housing units	6,409	6,862
Homeownership rate	76.4%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hueytown	Irondale
Population	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)	12,637 → 13,462 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)	$56,445 → $71,240 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)	$142,500 → $250,000 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)	$1,041 → $1,177 (+13.1%)

Hueytown

Population

15,54016,541

Median household income

$51,519$62,362

Median home value

$116,700$142,900

Median gross rent

$874$1,276

Irondale

Population

12,63713,462

Median household income

$56,445$71,240

Median home value

$142,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hueytown	Irondale
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hueytown	Irondale
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	61.2%
Black or African American	39.9%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hueytown	Irondale
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hueytown	Irondale
Drove alone	80.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hueytown	Irondale
1-unit, detached	85.1%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Hueytown	Irondale
Poverty rate	16.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1973	1980