Gurley vs Redstone Arsenal

A side-by-side comparison of Gurley and Redstone Arsenal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Redstone Arsenal has the higher population (971 vs 543 in Gurley). Redstone Arsenal has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $55,000 in Gurley). Since 2019, Gurley's population has grown faster (-10.0% vs -26.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
Population	543	971
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$118,750
Median home value	$174,300	—
Median gross rent	$850	$1,682
Housing units	295	371
Homeownership rate	61.4%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
Population	603 → 543 (-10.0%)	1,329 → 971 (-26.9%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $55,000 (+13.5%)	$89,712 → $118,750 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $174,300 (+32.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$486 → $850 (+74.9%)	$1,370 → $1,682 (+22.8%)

Gurley

Population

603543

Median household income

$48,438$55,000

Median home value

$131,900$174,300

Median gross rent

$486$850

Redstone Arsenal

Population

1,329971

Median household income

$89,712$118,750

Median gross rent

$1,370$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
Under 5	2.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	23.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	7.4%
75 and over	6.4%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	61.5%
Black or African American	6.6%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
No high school diploma	11.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
Drove alone	81.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	16.4%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
1-unit, detached	79.3%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Gurley	Redstone Arsenal
Poverty rate	14.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1974	1990