Smiths Station vs Waverly

A side-by-side comparison of Smiths Station and Waverly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smiths Station has the higher population (5,443 vs 312 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $57,410 in Smiths Station). Waverly has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $184,400 in Smiths Station).

Population, income & housing

	Smiths Station	Waverly
Population	5,443	312
Median age	38.9 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,410	$79,375
Median home value	$184,400	$324,000
Median gross rent	$946	—
Housing units	1,861	149
Homeownership rate	82.6%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smiths Station	Waverly
Population	5,364 → 5,443 (+1.5%)	179 → 312 (+74.3%)
Median household income	$51,235 → $57,410 (+12.1%)	$61,250 → $79,375 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $184,400 (+22.0%)	$159,100 → $324,000 (+103.6%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $946 (+5.2%)	$829 → $800 (-3.5%)

Smiths Station

Population

5,3645,443

Median household income

$51,235$57,410

Median home value

$151,200$184,400

Median gross rent

$899$946

Waverly

Population

179312

Median household income

$61,250$79,375

Median home value

$159,100$324,000

Median gross rent

$829$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smiths Station	Waverly
Under 5	7.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	24.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	2.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	4.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	28.8%
75 and over	6.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smiths Station	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	31.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smiths Station	Waverly
No high school diploma	15.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smiths Station	Waverly
Drove alone	84.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	0.8%	9.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smiths Station	Waverly
1-unit, detached	71.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Smiths Station	Waverly
Poverty rate	14.7%	3.8%
Average household size	3.14	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1991	1983