Notasulga vs Shorter

A side-by-side comparison of Notasulga and Shorter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Notasulga has the higher population (1,074 vs 328 in Shorter). Notasulga has the higher median household income ($63,333 vs $31,250 in Shorter). Notasulga has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $85,000 in Shorter).

Population, income & housing

	Notasulga	Shorter
Population	1,074	328
Median age	48.0 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	$31,250
Median home value	$119,900	$85,000
Median gross rent	$703	—
Housing units	500	175
Homeownership rate	73.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Notasulga	Shorter
Population	1,011 → 1,074 (+6.2%)	356 → 328 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$36,970 → $63,333 (+71.3%)	$30,000 → $31,250 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $119,900 (+46.6%)	$81,900 → $85,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $703 (+19.6%)	$442 → $492 (+11.3%)

Notasulga

Population

1,0111,074

Median household income

$36,970$63,333

Median home value

$81,800$119,900

Median gross rent

$588$703

Shorter

Population

356328

Median household income

$30,000$31,250

Median home value

$81,900$85,000

Median gross rent

$442$492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Notasulga	Shorter
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	7.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	12.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	2.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	6.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	25.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	21.3%
75 and over	11.6%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Notasulga	Shorter
White (non-Hispanic)	36.7%	20.4%
Black or African American	58.9%	69.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Notasulga	Shorter
No high school diploma	17.4%	25.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Notasulga	Shorter
Drove alone	81.3%	95.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Notasulga	Shorter
1-unit, detached	65.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Notasulga	Shorter
Poverty rate	30.9%	31.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1966	1984