Chickasaw vs Citronelle

A side-by-side comparison of Chickasaw and Citronelle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chickasaw has the higher population (6,367 vs 3,918 in Citronelle). Citronelle has the higher median household income ($48,926 vs $42,854 in Chickasaw). Citronelle has the higher median home value ($164,800 vs $110,300 in Chickasaw).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
Population	6,367	3,918
Median age	32.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,854	$48,926
Median home value	$110,300	$164,800
Median gross rent	$945	$701
Housing units	2,713	1,676
Homeownership rate	49.8%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
Population	5,817 → 6,367 (+9.5%)	3,893 → 3,918 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$28,611 → $42,854 (+49.8%)	$41,299 → $48,926 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $110,300 (+46.1%)	$104,000 → $164,800 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $945 (+15.8%)	$795 → $701 (-11.8%)

Chickasaw

Population

5,8176,367

Median household income

$28,611$42,854

Median home value

$75,500$110,300

Median gross rent

$816$945

Citronelle

Population

3,8933,918

Median household income

$41,299$48,926

Median home value

$104,000$164,800

Median gross rent

$795$701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
Under 5	7.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.5%
75 and over	4.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	67.2%
Black or African American	54.5%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
No high school diploma	11.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
Drove alone	87.1%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
1-unit, detached	76.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw	Citronelle
Poverty rate	28.3%	21.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1963	1979