Guntersville vs Union Grove

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

Guntersville and Union Grove 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 74 in Union Grove). Guntersville has the higher median household income ($67,448 vs $50,227 in Union Grove). Guntersville has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $185,000 in Union Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Guntersville	Union Grove
Population	8,771	74
Median age	41.3 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,448	$50,227
Median home value	$293,500	$185,000
Median gross rent	$785	—
Housing units	3,999	62
Homeownership rate	64.4%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guntersville	Union Grove
Population	8,468 → 8,771 (+3.6%)	87 → 74 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$45,198 → $67,448 (+49.2%)	$81,875 → $50,227 (-38.7%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $293,500 (+53.1%)	$125,000 → $185,000 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $785 (+27.2%)	—

Guntersville

Population

8,4688,771

Median household income

$45,198$67,448

Median home value

$191,700$293,500

Median gross rent

$617$785

Union Grove

Population

8774

Median household income

$81,875$50,227

Median home value

$125,000$185,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guntersville	Union Grove
Under 5	7.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	2.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.8%
75 and over	9.9%	29.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guntersville	Union Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	10.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guntersville	Union Grove
No high school diploma	14.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guntersville	Union Grove
Drove alone	85.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	13.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guntersville	Union Grove
1-unit, detached	73.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Guntersville	Union Grove
Poverty rate	17.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.51	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1979	1969