Hamilton vs Winfield

A side-by-side comparison of Hamilton and Winfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamilton has the higher population (6,907 vs 4,982 in Winfield). Winfield has the higher median household income ($71,078 vs $53,714 in Hamilton). Winfield has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $103,500 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Winfield
Population	6,907	4,982
Median age	42.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,714	$71,078
Median home value	$103,500	$160,600
Median gross rent	$544	$694
Housing units	3,213	2,284
Homeownership rate	63.8%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Winfield
Population	6,682 → 6,907 (+3.4%)	4,539 → 4,982 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$39,357 → $53,714 (+36.5%)	$51,518 → $71,078 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$106,700 → $103,500 (-3.0%)	$126,400 → $160,600 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $544 (+5.6%)	$496 → $694 (+39.9%)

Hamilton

Population

6,6826,907

Median household income

$39,357$53,714

Median home value

$106,700$103,500

Median gross rent

$515$544

Winfield

Population

4,5394,982

Median household income

$51,518$71,078

Median home value

$126,400$160,600

Median gross rent

$496$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamilton	Winfield
Under 5	5.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.6%
75 and over	9.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	7.6%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Winfield
No high school diploma	16.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Winfield
Drove alone	88.9%	91.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Winfield
1-unit, detached	58.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Winfield
Poverty rate	18.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1977	1980