Albertville vs Arab

A side-by-side comparison of Albertville and Arab: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albertville has the higher population (22,584 vs 8,573 in Arab). Arab has the higher median household income ($60,985 vs $57,103 in Albertville). Arab has the higher median home value ($196,700 vs $158,900 in Albertville).

Population, income & housing

	Albertville	Arab
Population	22,584	8,573
Median age	32.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,103	$60,985
Median home value	$158,900	$196,700
Median gross rent	$815	$697
Housing units	8,227	3,612
Homeownership rate	68.9%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albertville	Arab
Population	21,541 → 22,584 (+4.8%)	8,293 → 8,573 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$45,867 → $57,103 (+24.5%)	$46,517 → $60,985 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $158,900 (+32.3%)	$148,400 → $196,700 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $815 (+21.5%)	$572 → $697 (+21.9%)

Albertville

Population

21,54122,584

Median household income

$45,867$57,103

Median home value

$120,100$158,900

Median gross rent

$671$815

Arab

Population

8,2938,573

Median household income

$46,517$60,985

Median home value

$148,400$196,700

Median gross rent

$572$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albertville	Arab
Under 5	7.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.1%
75 and over	6.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albertville	Arab
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albertville	Arab
No high school diploma	19.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albertville	Arab
Drove alone	82.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albertville	Arab
1-unit, detached	81.2%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Albertville	Arab
Poverty rate	17.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1980	1979