Guin vs Twin

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

Guin and Twin 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 366 in Twin). Twin has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $47,358 in Guin). Guin has the higher median home value ($111,400 vs $95,000 in Twin).

Population, income & housing

	Guin	Twin
Population	2,469	366
Median age	44.4 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,358	$58,333
Median home value	$111,400	$95,000
Housing units	1,041	225
Homeownership rate	68.6%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	19.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guin	Twin
Population	2,684 → 2,469 (-8.0%)	387 → 366 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$24,444 → $47,358 (+93.7%)	$55,000 → $58,333 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $111,400 (+20.8%)	$85,400 → $95,000 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$338 → $612 (+81.1%)	—

Guin

Population

2,6842,469

Median household income

$24,444$47,358

Median home value

$92,200$111,400

Median gross rent

$338$612

Twin

Population

387366

Median household income

$55,000$58,333

Median home value

$85,400$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guin	Twin
Under 5	5.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	26.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	8.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	12.8%
75 and over	6.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guin	Twin
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guin	Twin
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guin	Twin
Drove alone	88.0%	92.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guin	Twin
1-unit, detached	67.4%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Guin	Twin
Poverty rate	14.9%	12.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1976	1975