Albertville vs Guntersville

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

Albertville and Guntersville 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 8,771 in Guntersville). Guntersville has the higher median household income ($67,448 vs $57,103 in Albertville). Guntersville has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $158,900 in Albertville).

Population, income & housing

	Albertville	Guntersville
Population	22,584	8,771
Median age	32.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,103	$67,448
Median home value	$158,900	$293,500
Median gross rent	$815	$785
Housing units	8,227	3,999
Homeownership rate	68.9%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albertville	Guntersville
Population	21,541 → 22,584 (+4.8%)	8,468 → 8,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$45,867 → $57,103 (+24.5%)	$45,198 → $67,448 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $158,900 (+32.3%)	$191,700 → $293,500 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $815 (+21.5%)	$617 → $785 (+27.2%)

Albertville

Population

21,54122,584

Median household income

$45,867$57,103

Median home value

$120,100$158,900

Median gross rent

$671$815

Guntersville

Population

8,4688,771

Median household income

$45,198$67,448

Median home value

$191,700$293,500

Median gross rent

$617$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albertville	Guntersville
Under 5	7.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albertville	Guntersville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	79.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albertville	Guntersville
No high school diploma	19.3%	14.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albertville	Guntersville
Drove alone	82.8%	85.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.4%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albertville	Guntersville
1-unit, detached	81.2%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Albertville	Guntersville
Poverty rate	17.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1980	1979