McDonald Chapel vs Rock Creek

A side-by-side comparison of McDonald Chapel and Rock Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

McDonald Chapel and Rock Creek are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rock Creek has the higher population (1,313 vs 704 in McDonald Chapel). Rock Creek has the higher median household income ($80,063 vs $59,556 in McDonald Chapel). Rock Creek has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $132,100 in McDonald Chapel).

Population, income & housing

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
Population	704	1,313
Median age	33.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,556	$80,063
Median home value	$132,100	$156,900
Median gross rent	$1,081	—
Housing units	342	623
Homeownership rate	37.5%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	30.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
Population	573 → 704 (+22.9%)	1,508 → 1,313 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $59,556 (+130.5%)	$61,655 → $80,063 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $132,100 (+115.5%)	$115,000 → $156,900 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $1,081 (+41.1%)	—

McDonald Chapel

Population

573704

Median household income

$25,833$59,556

Median home value

$61,300$132,100

Median gross rent

$766$1,081

Rock Creek

Population

1,5081,313

Median household income

$61,655$80,063

Median home value

$115,000$156,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	2.4%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	19.6%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	21.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	18.0%
75 and over	2.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	32.7%	91.5%
Black or African American	58.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
No high school diploma	11.6%	21.1%
High school graduate	32.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
Drove alone	58.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	29.6%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
1-unit, detached	82.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	McDonald Chapel	Rock Creek
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1957	1978