Hazel Green vs Huntsville

A side-by-side comparison of Hazel Green and Huntsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntsville has the higher population (218,814 vs 3,765 in Hazel Green). Hazel Green has the higher median household income ($90,654 vs $70,778 in Huntsville). Huntsville has the higher median home value ($263,100 vs $179,500 in Hazel Green).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
Population	3,765	218,814
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,654	$70,778
Median home value	$179,500	$263,100
Median gross rent	$1,051	$1,078
Housing units	1,529	102,592
Homeownership rate	81.5%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
Population	3,901 → 3,765 (-3.5%)	196,219 → 218,814 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$43,269 → $90,654 (+109.5%)	$55,305 → $70,778 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$129,000 → $179,500 (+39.1%)	$182,900 → $263,100 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,051 (+24.4%)	$827 → $1,078 (+30.4%)

Hazel Green

Population

3,9013,765

Median household income

$43,269$90,654

Median home value

$129,000$179,500

Median gross rent

$845$1,051

Huntsville

Population

196,219218,814

Median household income

$55,305$70,778

Median home value

$182,900$263,100

Median gross rent

$827$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
Under 5	15.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	3.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.2%
75 and over	8.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	56.1%
Black or African American	19.9%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
Drove alone	80.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
1-unit, detached	85.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Green	Huntsville
Poverty rate	4.8%	13.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1989	1984