Faunsdale vs Thomaston

A side-by-side comparison of Faunsdale and Thomaston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomaston has the higher population (421 vs 180 in Faunsdale). Faunsdale has the higher median household income ($79,773 vs $50,625 in Thomaston). Faunsdale has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $82,100 in Thomaston).

Population, income & housing

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
Population	180	421
Median age	20.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,773	$50,625
Median home value	$107,500	$82,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,150
Housing units	38	254
Homeownership rate	65.8%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
Population	23 → 180 (+682.6%)	380 → 421 (+10.8%)
Median household income	—	$38,125 → $50,625 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $107,500 (+79.2%)	$61,800 → $82,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$932 → $1,150 (+23.4%)

Faunsdale

Population

23180

Median home value

$60,000$107,500

Thomaston

Population

380421

Median household income

$38,125$50,625

Median home value

$61,800$82,100

Median gross rent

$932$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
Under 5	18.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	18.3%	2.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	1.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	0.6%	11.6%
75 and over	10.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	41.3%
Black or African American	19.4%	57.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
No high school diploma	28.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
Drove alone	97.4%	61.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	38.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	86.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Faunsdale	Thomaston
Poverty rate	0.0%	30.6%
Average household size	4.74	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1971	1968