Arab vs Guntersville

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

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

Guntersville has the higher population (8,771 vs 8,573 in Arab). Guntersville has the higher median household income ($67,448 vs $60,985 in Arab). Guntersville has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $196,700 in Arab).

Population, income & housing

	Arab	Guntersville
Population	8,573	8,771
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,985	$67,448
Median home value	$196,700	$293,500
Median gross rent	$697	$785
Housing units	3,612	3,999
Homeownership rate	68.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arab	Guntersville
Population	8,293 → 8,573 (+3.4%)	8,468 → 8,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$46,517 → $60,985 (+31.1%)	$45,198 → $67,448 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $196,700 (+32.5%)	$191,700 → $293,500 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $697 (+21.9%)	$617 → $785 (+27.2%)

Arab

Population

8,2938,573

Median household income

$46,517$60,985

Median home value

$148,400$196,700

Median gross rent

$572$697

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)

	Arab	Guntersville
Under 5	7.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.6%
75 and over	6.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arab	Guntersville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	79.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arab	Guntersville
No high school diploma	9.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arab	Guntersville
Drove alone	82.2%	85.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arab	Guntersville
1-unit, detached	78.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Arab	Guntersville
Poverty rate	13.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1979	1979