Gurley vs Owens Cross Roads

A side-by-side comparison of Gurley and Owens Cross Roads: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owens Cross Roads has the higher population (2,678 vs 543 in Gurley). Owens Cross Roads has the higher median household income ($73,708 vs $55,000 in Gurley). Owens Cross Roads has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $174,300 in Gurley).

Population, income & housing

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
Population	543	2,678
Median age	41.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$73,708
Median home value	$174,300	$206,100
Median gross rent	$850	$895
Housing units	295	949
Homeownership rate	61.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
Population	603 → 543 (-10.0%)	2,069 → 2,678 (+29.4%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $55,000 (+13.5%)	$63,654 → $73,708 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $174,300 (+32.1%)	$132,700 → $206,100 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $850 (+74.9%)	$816 → $895 (+9.7%)

Gurley

Population

603543

Median household income

$48,438$55,000

Median home value

$131,900$174,300

Median gross rent

$486$850

Owens Cross Roads

Population

2,0692,678

Median household income

$63,654$73,708

Median home value

$132,700$206,100

Median gross rent

$816$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
Under 5	2.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	5.7%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	81.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
No high school diploma	11.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
Drove alone	81.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	14.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
1-unit, detached	79.3%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Gurley	Owens Cross Roads
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1974	2004