Irondale vs McCalla

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

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

McCalla has the higher population (13,939 vs 13,462 in Irondale). McCalla has the higher median household income ($83,782 vs $71,240 in Irondale). McCalla has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $250,000 in Irondale).

Population, income & housing

	Irondale	McCalla
Population	13,462	13,939
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,240	$83,782
Median home value	$250,000	$252,800
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,838
Housing units	6,862	5,730
Homeownership rate	61.2%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irondale	McCalla
Population	12,637 → 13,462 (+6.5%)	12,077 → 13,939 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$56,445 → $71,240 (+26.2%)	$71,061 → $83,782 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $250,000 (+75.4%)	$199,600 → $252,800 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,041 → $1,177 (+13.1%)	$1,377 → $1,838 (+33.5%)

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

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)

	Irondale	McCalla
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.2%
75 and over	6.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irondale	McCalla
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	45.4%
Black or African American	29.3%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irondale	McCalla
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irondale	McCalla
Drove alone	79.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	13.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irondale	McCalla
1-unit, detached	64.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Irondale	McCalla
Poverty rate	13.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1980	2002