Gurley vs New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Gurley and New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Market has the higher population (1,296 vs 543 in Gurley). New Market has the higher median household income ($71,083 vs $55,000 in Gurley). Gurley has the higher median home value ($174,300 vs $113,400 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Gurley	New Market
Population	543	1,296
Median age	41.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$71,083
Median home value	$174,300	$113,400
Median gross rent	$850	$967
Housing units	295	597
Homeownership rate	61.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurley	New Market
Population	603 → 543 (-10.0%)	1,122 → 1,296 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $55,000 (+13.5%)	$61,696 → $71,083 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $174,300 (+32.1%)	$131,400 → $113,400 (-13.7%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $850 (+74.9%)	$599 → $967 (+61.4%)

Gurley

Population

603543

Median household income

$48,438$55,000

Median home value

$131,900$174,300

Median gross rent

$486$850

New Market

Population

1,1221,296

Median household income

$61,696$71,083

Median home value

$131,400$113,400

Median gross rent

$599$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurley	New Market
Under 5	2.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	19.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	21.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	0.0%
75 and over	6.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurley	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	78.1%
Black or African American	6.6%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurley	New Market
No high school diploma	11.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurley	New Market
Drove alone	81.5%	61.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	27.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.3%
Other means	2.3%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurley	New Market
1-unit, detached	79.3%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	37.4%

Poverty & households

	Gurley	New Market
Poverty rate	14.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1974	1989