Guin vs Hackleburg

A side-by-side comparison of Guin and Hackleburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guin has the higher population (2,469 vs 1,642 in Hackleburg). Guin has the higher median household income ($47,358 vs $43,854 in Hackleburg). Guin has the higher median home value ($111,400 vs $97,300 in Hackleburg).

Population, income & housing

	Guin	Hackleburg
Population	2,469	1,642
Median age	44.4 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,358	$43,854
Median home value	$111,400	$97,300
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	1,041	757
Homeownership rate	68.6%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	19.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guin	Hackleburg
Population	2,684 → 2,469 (-8.0%)	1,307 → 1,642 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$24,444 → $47,358 (+93.7%)	$32,917 → $43,854 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $111,400 (+20.8%)	$85,300 → $97,300 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$338 → $612 (+81.1%)	$542 → $575 (+6.1%)

Guin

Population

2,6842,469

Median household income

$24,444$47,358

Median home value

$92,200$111,400

Median gross rent

$338$612

Hackleburg

Population

1,3071,642

Median household income

$32,917$43,854

Median home value

$85,300$97,300

Median gross rent

$542$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guin	Hackleburg
Under 5	5.8%	14.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	13.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	5.4%
75 and over	6.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guin	Hackleburg
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	85.6%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guin	Hackleburg
No high school diploma	11.2%	17.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guin	Hackleburg
Drove alone	88.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guin	Hackleburg
1-unit, detached	67.4%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Guin	Hackleburg
Poverty rate	14.9%	27.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1976	1993