Hueytown vs Mountain Brook

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

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

Mountain Brook has the higher population (22,160 vs 16,541 in Hueytown). Mountain Brook has the higher median household income ($191,128 vs $62,362 in Hueytown). Mountain Brook has the higher median home value ($891,300 vs $142,900 in Hueytown).

Population, income & housing

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
Population	16,541	22,160
Median age	35.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,362	$191,128
Median home value	$142,900	$891,300
Median gross rent	$1,276	$1,444
Housing units	6,409	8,819
Homeownership rate	76.4%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	88.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
Population	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)	20,436 → 22,160 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)	$152,355 → $191,128 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)	$628,800 → $891,300 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)	$1,561 → $1,444 (-7.5%)

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

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)

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
Under 5	7.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	39.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
No high school diploma	10.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	33.7%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	50.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	38.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
Drove alone	80.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.8%	16.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
1-unit, detached	85.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hueytown	Mountain Brook
Poverty rate	16.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1973	1965