Hueytown vs Vestavia Hills

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

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

Vestavia Hills has the higher population (38,704 vs 16,541 in Hueytown). Vestavia Hills has the higher median household income ($129,171 vs $62,362 in Hueytown). Vestavia Hills has the higher median home value ($494,500 vs $142,900 in Hueytown).

Population, income & housing

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
Population	16,541	38,704
Median age	35.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,362	$129,171
Median home value	$142,900	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,276	$1,455
Housing units	6,409	15,275
Homeownership rate	76.4%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	62.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
Population	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)	34,307 → 38,704 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)	$109,485 → $129,171 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)	$376,200 → $494,500 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)	$1,218 → $1,455 (+19.5%)

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

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)

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	83.2%
Black or African American	39.9%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
Drove alone	80.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	15.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
1-unit, detached	85.1%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hueytown	Vestavia Hills
Poverty rate	16.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1973	1978