Killen vs Underwood-Petersville

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

Killen 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 1,431 in Killen). Killen has the higher median household income ($61,422 vs $43,000 in Underwood-Petersville). Killen has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $118,900 in Underwood-Petersville).

Population, income & housing

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
Population	1,431	3,049
Median age	37.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,422	$43,000
Median home value	$162,800	$118,900
Median gross rent	$954	$749
Housing units	589	1,468
Homeownership rate	65.6%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
Population	1,263 → 1,431 (+13.3%)	3,170 → 3,049 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$54,286 → $61,422 (+13.1%)	$50,701 → $43,000 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $162,800 (+17.9%)	$129,100 → $118,900 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $954 (+22.2%)	$812 → $749 (-7.8%)

Killen

Population

1,2631,431

Median household income

$54,286$61,422

Median home value

$138,100$162,800

Median gross rent

$781$954

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)

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
Under 5	7.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.3%
75 and over	7.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	91.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
No high school diploma	10.2%	25.4%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
Drove alone	87.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
1-unit, detached	79.5%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Killen	Underwood-Petersville
Poverty rate	8.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1982	1979