Boaz vs Guntersville

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

Boaz and Guntersville 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 8,771 in Guntersville). Guntersville has the higher median household income ($67,448 vs $49,962 in Boaz). Guntersville has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $158,200 in Boaz).

Population, income & housing

	Boaz	Guntersville
Population	10,847	8,771
Median age	34.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,962	$67,448
Median home value	$158,200	$293,500
Median gross rent	$645	$785
Housing units	4,260	3,999
Homeownership rate	66.2%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boaz	Guntersville
Population	9,277 → 10,847 (+16.9%)	8,468 → 8,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$40,551 → $49,962 (+23.2%)	$45,198 → $67,448 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $158,200 (+50.5%)	$191,700 → $293,500 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $645 (+4.4%)	$617 → $785 (+27.2%)

Boaz

Population

9,27710,847

Median household income

$40,551$49,962

Median home value

$105,100$158,200

Median gross rent

$618$645

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)

	Boaz	Guntersville
Under 5	10.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.6%
75 and over	5.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boaz	Guntersville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	79.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boaz	Guntersville
No high school diploma	11.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boaz	Guntersville
Drove alone	85.3%	85.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boaz	Guntersville
1-unit, detached	74.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	7.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Boaz	Guntersville
Poverty rate	20.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1978	1979