Douglas vs Guntersville

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

Douglas 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 1,153 in Douglas). Guntersville has the higher median household income ($67,448 vs $56,406 in Douglas). Guntersville has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $169,000 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Guntersville
Population	1,153	8,771
Median age	26.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,406	$67,448
Median home value	$169,000	$293,500
Median gross rent	$882	$785
Housing units	405	3,999
Homeownership rate	63.8%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Guntersville
Population	973 → 1,153 (+18.5%)	8,468 → 8,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$36,181 → $56,406 (+55.9%)	$45,198 → $67,448 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $169,000 (+43.7%)	$191,700 → $293,500 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $882 (+45.3%)	$617 → $785 (+27.2%)

Douglas

Population

9731,153

Median household income

$36,181$56,406

Median home value

$117,600$169,000

Median gross rent

$607$882

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)

	Douglas	Guntersville
Under 5	11.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	25.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.6%
75 and over	2.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Guntersville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Guntersville
No high school diploma	22.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Guntersville
Drove alone	82.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Guntersville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Guntersville
Poverty rate	18.5%	17.7%
Average household size	3.21	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1984	1979