Boaz vs Douglas

A side-by-side comparison of Boaz and Douglas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boaz has the higher population (10,847 vs 1,153 in Douglas). Douglas has the higher median household income ($56,406 vs $49,962 in Boaz). Douglas has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $158,200 in Boaz).

Population, income & housing

	Boaz	Douglas
Population	10,847	1,153
Median age	34.1 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,962	$56,406
Median home value	$158,200	$169,000
Median gross rent	$645	$882
Housing units	4,260	405
Homeownership rate	66.2%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boaz	Douglas
Population	9,277 → 10,847 (+16.9%)	973 → 1,153 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$40,551 → $49,962 (+23.2%)	$36,181 → $56,406 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $158,200 (+50.5%)	$117,600 → $169,000 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $645 (+4.4%)	$607 → $882 (+45.3%)

Boaz

Population

9,27710,847

Median household income

$40,551$49,962

Median home value

$105,100$158,200

Median gross rent

$618$645

Douglas

Population

9731,153

Median household income

$36,181$56,406

Median home value

$117,600$169,000

Median gross rent

$607$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boaz	Douglas
Under 5	10.0%	11.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	25.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.5%
75 and over	5.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boaz	Douglas
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	72.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boaz	Douglas
No high school diploma	11.6%	22.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boaz	Douglas
Drove alone	85.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boaz	Douglas
1-unit, detached	74.0%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Boaz	Douglas
Poverty rate	20.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1978	1984