Shorter vs Tuskegee

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

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

Tuskegee has the higher population (9,070 vs 328 in Shorter). Tuskegee has the higher median household income ($38,160 vs $31,250 in Shorter). Tuskegee has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $85,000 in Shorter).

Population, income & housing

	Shorter	Tuskegee
Population	328	9,070
Median age	61.6 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$38,160
Median home value	$85,000	$98,500
Median gross rent	—	$706
Housing units	175	4,466
Homeownership rate	80.7%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shorter	Tuskegee
Population	356 → 328 (-7.9%)	8,486 → 9,070 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $31,250 (+4.2%)	$28,016 → $38,160 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $85,000 (+3.8%)	$77,000 → $98,500 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$442 → $492 (+11.3%)	$608 → $706 (+16.1%)

Shorter

Population

356328

Median household income

$30,000$31,250

Median home value

$81,900$85,000

Median gross rent

$442$492

Tuskegee

Population

8,4869,070

Median household income

$28,016$38,160

Median home value

$77,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$608$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shorter	Tuskegee
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	36.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	2.7%	5.9%
45 to 54	6.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	25.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	21.3%	8.8%
75 and over	17.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shorter	Tuskegee
White (non-Hispanic)	20.4%	11.1%
Black or African American	69.8%	84.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shorter	Tuskegee
No high school diploma	25.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shorter	Tuskegee
Drove alone	95.2%	65.6%
Carpooled	1.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	13.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shorter	Tuskegee
1-unit, detached	85.7%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Shorter	Tuskegee
Poverty rate	31.1%	26.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1984	1976