Elkmont vs Lester

A side-by-side comparison of Elkmont and Lester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkmont has the higher population (327 vs 130 in Lester). Lester has the higher median household income ($77,679 vs $47,500 in Elkmont). Elkmont has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $168,800 in Lester).

Population, income & housing

	Elkmont	Lester
Population	327	130
Median age	47.0 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$77,679
Median home value	$219,200	$168,800
Median gross rent	$423	—
Housing units	240	42
Homeownership rate	62.8%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkmont	Lester
Population	540 → 327 (-39.4%)	157 → 130 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $47,500 (-16.6%)	$42,083 → $77,679 (+84.6%)
Median home value	$132,100 → $219,200 (+65.9%)	$100,000 → $168,800 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $423 (+12.8%)	$775 → $743 (-4.1%)

Elkmont

Population

540327

Median household income

$56,944$47,500

Median home value

$132,100$219,200

Median gross rent

$375$423

Lester

Population

157130

Median household income

$42,083$77,679

Median home value

$100,000$168,800

Median gross rent

$775$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkmont	Lester
Under 5	2.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	22.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	5.4%
45 to 54	22.9%	22.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.0%
75 and over	5.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkmont	Lester
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
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	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkmont	Lester
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	23.3%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkmont	Lester
Drove alone	85.4%	91.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkmont	Lester
1-unit, detached	82.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Elkmont	Lester
Poverty rate	14.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.10	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	43
Median year structure built	1976	1985