Grant vs Guntersville

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

Grant 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 1,410 in Grant). Grant has the higher median household income ($88,571 vs $67,448 in Guntersville). Guntersville has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $222,200 in Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Grant	Guntersville
Population	1,410	8,771
Median age	29.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,571	$67,448
Median home value	$222,200	$293,500
Median gross rent	$527	$785
Housing units	501	3,999
Homeownership rate	83.9%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant	Guntersville
Population	1,040 → 1,410 (+35.6%)	8,468 → 8,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $88,571 (+61.6%)	$45,198 → $67,448 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $222,200 (+36.9%)	$191,700 → $293,500 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $527 (-13.5%)	$617 → $785 (+27.2%)

Grant

Population

1,0401,410

Median household income

$54,821$88,571

Median home value

$162,300$222,200

Median gross rent

$609$527

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)

	Grant	Guntersville
Under 5	10.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	22.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.6%
75 and over	5.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant	Guntersville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant	Guntersville
No high school diploma	12.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant	Guntersville
Drove alone	92.6%	85.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant	Guntersville
1-unit, detached	87.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Grant	Guntersville
Poverty rate	7.9%	17.7%
Average household size	3.15	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1996	1979