Anderson vs Underwood-Petersville

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson and Underwood-Petersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Anderson and Underwood-Petersville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Underwood-Petersville has the higher population (3,049 vs 309 in Anderson). Anderson has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $43,000 in Underwood-Petersville). Anderson has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $118,900 in Underwood-Petersville).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
Population	309	3,049
Median age	51.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$43,000
Median home value	$200,000	$118,900
Median gross rent	$915	$749
Housing units	154	1,468
Homeownership rate	76.6%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
Population	236 → 309 (+30.9%)	3,170 → 3,049 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $86,250 (+76.9%)	$50,701 → $43,000 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $200,000 (+66.5%)	$129,100 → $118,900 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $915 (+83.0%)	$812 → $749 (-7.8%)

Anderson

Population

236309

Median household income

$48,750$86,250

Median home value

$120,100$200,000

Median gross rent

$500$915

Underwood-Petersville

Population

3,1703,049

Median household income

$50,701$43,000

Median home value

$129,100$118,900

Median gross rent

$812$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
Under 5	9.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	4.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	19.1%	14.3%
75 and over	7.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
No high school diploma	3.8%	25.4%
High school graduate	37.7%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
Drove alone	88.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.7%
Other means	3.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
1-unit, detached	77.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Underwood-Petersville
Poverty rate	2.9%	16.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1972	1979