Hazel Green vs Owens Cross Roads

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

Hazel Green 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.

Hazel Green has the higher population (3,765 vs 2,678 in Owens Cross Roads). Hazel Green has the higher median household income ($90,654 vs $73,708 in Owens Cross Roads). Owens Cross Roads has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $179,500 in Hazel Green).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
Population	3,765	2,678
Median age	36.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,654	$73,708
Median home value	$179,500	$206,100
Median gross rent	$1,051	$895
Housing units	1,529	949
Homeownership rate	81.5%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
Population	3,901 → 3,765 (-3.5%)	2,069 → 2,678 (+29.4%)
Median household income	$43,269 → $90,654 (+109.5%)	$63,654 → $73,708 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$129,000 → $179,500 (+39.1%)	$132,700 → $206,100 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,051 (+24.4%)	$816 → $895 (+9.7%)

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

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)

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
Under 5	15.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	24.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	3.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	5.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	81.8%
Black or African American	19.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
No high school diploma	7.3%	19.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
Drove alone	80.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
1-unit, detached	85.8%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Green	Owens Cross Roads
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1989	2004