Courtland vs Town Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Courtland and Town Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Town Creek has the higher population (1,015 vs 777 in Courtland). Courtland has the higher median household income ($41,406 vs $40,993 in Town Creek). Since 2019, Courtland's population has grown faster (+2.2% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Courtland	Town Creek
Population	777	1,015
Median age	42.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,406	$40,993
Median home value	—	$111,800
Median gross rent	$625	$606
Housing units	410	499
Homeownership rate	72.4%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Courtland	Town Creek
Population	760 → 777 (+2.2%)	1,149 → 1,015 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$39,635 → $41,406 (+4.5%)	$39,559 → $40,993 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $82,300 (-3.5%)	$96,500 → $111,800 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $625 (+30.8%)	$521 → $606 (+16.3%)

Courtland

Population

760777

Median household income

$39,635$41,406

Median home value

$85,300$82,300

Median gross rent

$478$625

Town Creek

Population

1,1491,015

Median household income

$39,559$40,993

Median home value

$96,500$111,800

Median gross rent

$521$606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Courtland	Town Creek
Under 5	7.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	27.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	5.7%
75 and over	4.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Courtland	Town Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	47.0%
Black or African American	53.3%	33.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Courtland	Town Creek
No high school diploma	7.1%	18.5%
High school graduate	55.5%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Courtland	Town Creek
Drove alone	89.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Courtland	Town Creek
1-unit, detached	61.0%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Courtland	Town Creek
Poverty rate	34.6%	23.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1982	1981