Killen vs Rogersville

A side-by-side comparison of Killen and Rogersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Killen has the higher population (1,431 vs 1,260 in Rogersville). Rogersville has the higher median household income ($63,164 vs $61,422 in Killen). Killen has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $156,600 in Rogersville).

Population, income & housing

	Killen	Rogersville
Population	1,431	1,260
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,422	$63,164
Median home value	$162,800	$156,600
Median gross rent	$954	$821
Housing units	589	646
Homeownership rate	65.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Killen	Rogersville
Population	1,263 → 1,431 (+13.3%)	1,424 → 1,260 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$54,286 → $61,422 (+13.1%)	$37,578 → $63,164 (+68.1%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $162,800 (+17.9%)	$122,200 → $156,600 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $954 (+22.2%)	$669 → $821 (+22.7%)

Killen

Population

1,2631,431

Median household income

$54,286$61,422

Median home value

$138,100$162,800

Median gross rent

$781$954

Rogersville

Population

1,4241,260

Median household income

$37,578$63,164

Median home value

$122,200$156,600

Median gross rent

$669$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Killen	Rogersville
Under 5	7.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	18.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.9%
75 and over	7.4%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Killen	Rogersville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Killen	Rogersville
No high school diploma	10.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	44.3%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Killen	Rogersville
Drove alone	87.2%	91.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Killen	Rogersville
1-unit, detached	79.5%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Killen	Rogersville
Poverty rate	8.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1982	1973