New Market vs Owens Cross Roads

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

New Market 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 1,296 in New Market). Owens Cross Roads has the higher median household income ($73,708 vs $71,083 in New Market). Owens Cross Roads has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $113,400 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
Population	1,296	2,678
Median age	37.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,083	$73,708
Median home value	$113,400	$206,100
Median gross rent	$967	$895
Housing units	597	949
Homeownership rate	79.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
Population	1,122 → 1,296 (+15.5%)	2,069 → 2,678 (+29.4%)
Median household income	$61,696 → $71,083 (+15.2%)	$63,654 → $73,708 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$131,400 → $113,400 (-13.7%)	$132,700 → $206,100 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $967 (+61.4%)	$816 → $895 (+9.7%)

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

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)

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
Under 5	3.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	19.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.7%
75 and over	1.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	81.8%
Black or African American	10.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	1.3%
Asian	1.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
No high school diploma	16.3%	19.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
Drove alone	61.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	27.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	14.3%
Other means	7.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
1-unit, detached	62.6%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	New Market	Owens Cross Roads
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1989	2004