Hueytown vs McCalla

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

Hueytown and McCalla 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 13,939 in McCalla). McCalla has the higher median household income ($83,782 vs $62,362 in Hueytown). McCalla has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $142,900 in Hueytown).

Population, income & housing

	Hueytown	McCalla
Population	16,541	13,939
Median age	35.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,362	$83,782
Median home value	$142,900	$252,800
Median gross rent	$1,276	$1,838
Housing units	6,409	5,730
Homeownership rate	76.4%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hueytown	McCalla
Population	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)	12,077 → 13,939 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)	$71,061 → $83,782 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)	$199,600 → $252,800 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)	$1,377 → $1,838 (+33.5%)

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

McCalla

Population

12,07713,939

Median household income

$71,061$83,782

Median home value

$199,600$252,800

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hueytown	McCalla
Under 5	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.2%
75 and over	7.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hueytown	McCalla
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	45.4%
Black or African American	39.9%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hueytown	McCalla
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hueytown	McCalla
Drove alone	80.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	13.0%
Other means	0.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hueytown	McCalla
1-unit, detached	85.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Hueytown	McCalla
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1973	2002