Mountain Brook vs Trussville

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

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

Trussville has the higher population (26,182 vs 22,160 in Mountain Brook). Mountain Brook has the higher median household income ($191,128 vs $120,794 in Trussville). Mountain Brook has the higher median home value ($891,300 vs $351,500 in Trussville).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
Population	22,160	26,182
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$191,128	$120,794
Median home value	$891,300	$351,500
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,450
Housing units	8,819	9,855
Homeownership rate	89.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.4%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
Population	20,436 → 22,160 (+8.4%)	21,876 → 26,182 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$152,355 → $191,128 (+25.4%)	$97,226 → $120,794 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$628,800 → $891,300 (+41.7%)	$255,100 → $351,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,561 → $1,444 (-7.5%)	$1,414 → $1,450 (+2.5%)

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

Trussville

Population

21,87626,182

Median household income

$97,226$120,794

Median home value

$255,100$351,500

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
Under 5	7.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	5.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	2.6%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	50.2%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	38.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
Drove alone	80.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.5%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
1-unit, detached	83.8%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Brook	Trussville
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1965	1999