Mountain Brook vs Vestavia Hills

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

Mountain Brook 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 22,160 in Mountain Brook). Mountain Brook has the higher median household income ($191,128 vs $129,171 in Vestavia Hills). Mountain Brook has the higher median home value ($891,300 vs $494,500 in Vestavia Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
Population	22,160	38,704
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$191,128	$129,171
Median home value	$891,300	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,455
Housing units	8,819	15,275
Homeownership rate	89.5%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.4%	62.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
Population	20,436 → 22,160 (+8.4%)	34,307 → 38,704 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$152,355 → $191,128 (+25.4%)	$109,485 → $129,171 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$628,800 → $891,300 (+41.7%)	$376,200 → $494,500 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,561 → $1,444 (-7.5%)	$1,218 → $1,455 (+19.5%)

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

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)

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
Under 5	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.8%
75 and over	5.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
No high school diploma	0.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	2.6%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	50.2%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	38.2%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
Drove alone	80.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
1-unit, detached	83.8%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	12.1%
20 or more units	4.6%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Brook	Vestavia Hills
Poverty rate	2.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1965	1978