Trussville vs Vestavia Hills

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

Trussville 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 26,182 in Trussville). Vestavia Hills has the higher median household income ($129,171 vs $120,794 in Trussville). Vestavia Hills has the higher median home value ($494,500 vs $351,500 in Trussville).

Population, income & housing

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
Population	26,182	38,704
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,794	$129,171
Median home value	$351,500	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,455
Housing units	9,855	15,275
Homeownership rate	91.5%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.1%	62.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
Population	21,876 → 26,182 (+19.7%)	34,307 → 38,704 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$97,226 → $120,794 (+24.2%)	$109,485 → $129,171 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$255,100 → $351,500 (+37.8%)	$376,200 → $494,500 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,414 → $1,450 (+2.5%)	$1,218 → $1,455 (+19.5%)

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

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)

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
Under 5	6.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.8%
75 and over	6.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	83.2%
Black or African American	10.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	20.6%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
Drove alone	80.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	15.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
1-unit, detached	96.3%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Trussville	Vestavia Hills
Poverty rate	1.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1999	1978