Maytown vs West Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Maytown and West Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Jefferson has the higher population (527 vs 263 in Maytown). Maytown has the higher median household income ($50,662 vs $36,667 in West Jefferson). West Jefferson has the higher median home value ($136,400 vs $108,900 in Maytown).

Population, income & housing

	Maytown	West Jefferson
Population	263	527
Median age	57.7 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,662	$36,667
Median home value	$108,900	$136,400
Median gross rent	$750	$694
Housing units	155	282
Homeownership rate	88.8%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maytown	West Jefferson
Population	354 → 263 (-25.7%)	468 → 527 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$57,589 → $50,662 (-12.0%)	$50,313 → $36,667 (-27.1%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $108,900 (+16.7%)	$108,900 → $136,400 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $750 (-20.1%)	$917 → $694 (-24.3%)

Maytown

Population

354263

Median household income

$57,589$50,662

Median home value

$93,300$108,900

Median gross rent

$939$750

West Jefferson

Population

468527

Median household income

$50,313$36,667

Median home value

$108,900$136,400

Median gross rent

$917$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maytown	West Jefferson
Under 5	4.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	5.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	24.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.5%
75 and over	20.2%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maytown	West Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maytown	West Jefferson
No high school diploma	31.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maytown	West Jefferson
Drove alone	74.5%	87.6%
Carpooled	11.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.1%
Other means	2.9%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maytown	West Jefferson
1-unit, detached	75.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Maytown	West Jefferson
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1969	1974