Rogersville vs Underwood-Petersville

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

Rogersville 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 1,260 in Rogersville). Rogersville has the higher median household income ($63,164 vs $43,000 in Underwood-Petersville). Rogersville has the higher median home value ($156,600 vs $118,900 in Underwood-Petersville).

Population, income & housing

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
Population	1,260	3,049
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,164	$43,000
Median home value	$156,600	$118,900
Median gross rent	$821	$749
Housing units	646	1,468
Homeownership rate	68.4%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
Population	1,424 → 1,260 (-11.5%)	3,170 → 3,049 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$37,578 → $63,164 (+68.1%)	$50,701 → $43,000 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $156,600 (+28.2%)	$129,100 → $118,900 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $821 (+22.7%)	$812 → $749 (-7.8%)

Rogersville

Population

1,4241,260

Median household income

$37,578$63,164

Median home value

$122,200$156,600

Median gross rent

$669$821

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)

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
Under 5	3.4%	0.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	17.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.3%
75 and over	15.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
No high school diploma	5.9%	25.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
Drove alone	91.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
1-unit, detached	78.0%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Rogersville	Underwood-Petersville
Poverty rate	11.0%	16.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1973	1979