New Market vs Redstone Arsenal

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

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

New Market has the higher population (1,296 vs 971 in Redstone Arsenal). Redstone Arsenal has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $71,083 in New Market). Since 2019, New Market's population has grown faster (+15.5% vs -26.9%).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
Population	1,296	971
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,083	$118,750
Median home value	$113,400	—
Median gross rent	$967	$1,682
Housing units	597	371
Homeownership rate	79.9%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
Population	1,122 → 1,296 (+15.5%)	1,329 → 971 (-26.9%)
Median household income	$61,696 → $71,083 (+15.2%)	$89,712 → $118,750 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$131,400 → $113,400 (-13.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$599 → $967 (+61.4%)	$1,370 → $1,682 (+22.8%)

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

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)

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
Under 5	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	13.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	19.7%	23.5%
55 to 64	21.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.4%
75 and over	1.8%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	61.5%
Black or African American	10.2%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
No high school diploma	16.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
Drove alone	61.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	27.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	16.4%
Other means	7.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
1-unit, detached	62.6%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	37.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	New Market	Redstone Arsenal
Poverty rate	6.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	12
Median year structure built	1989	1990