Owens Cross Roads vs Redstone Arsenal

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

Owens Cross Roads and Redstone Arsenal 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 971 in Redstone Arsenal). Redstone Arsenal has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $73,708 in Owens Cross Roads). Since 2019, Owens Cross Roads's population has grown faster (+29.4% vs -26.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
Population	2,678	971
Median age	31.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,708	$118,750
Median home value	$206,100	—
Median gross rent	$895	$1,682
Housing units	949	371
Homeownership rate	83.0%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
Population	2,069 → 2,678 (+29.4%)	1,329 → 971 (-26.9%)
Median household income	$63,654 → $73,708 (+15.8%)	$89,712 → $118,750 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$132,700 → $206,100 (+55.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$816 → $895 (+9.7%)	$1,370 → $1,682 (+22.8%)

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

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)

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
Under 5	7.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	24.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	23.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.4%
75 and over	6.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	61.5%
Black or African American	3.5%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
No high school diploma	19.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.1%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
Drove alone	76.3%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
1-unit, detached	92.9%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Owens Cross Roads	Redstone Arsenal
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	12
Median year structure built	2004	1990