Detroit vs Sulligent

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Sulligent: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sulligent has the higher population (1,440 vs 230 in Detroit). Sulligent has the higher median household income ($30,625 vs $16,250 in Detroit). Sulligent has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Sulligent
Population	230	1,440
Median age	42.0 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$16,250	$30,625
Median home value	$76,800	$132,400
Median gross rent	$376	$507
Housing units	129	792
Homeownership rate	44.0%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Sulligent
Population	257 → 230 (-10.5%)	1,917 → 1,440 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $16,250 (-48.0%)	$24,091 → $30,625 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $76,800 (+15.5%)	$69,300 → $132,400 (+91.1%)
Median gross rent	$315 → $376 (+19.4%)	$395 → $507 (+28.4%)

Detroit

Population

257230

Median household income

$31,250$16,250

Median home value

$66,500$76,800

Median gross rent

$315$376

Sulligent

Population

1,9171,440

Median household income

$24,091$30,625

Median home value

$69,300$132,400

Median gross rent

$395$507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Sulligent
Under 5	13.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.6%
75 and over	10.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Sulligent
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	89.5%
Black or African American	38.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Sulligent
No high school diploma	27.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	42.7%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Sulligent
Drove alone	53.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	46.3%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Sulligent
1-unit, detached	40.3%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	48.8%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Sulligent
Poverty rate	43.0%	24.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1976	1974