Chickasaw vs Prichard

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

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

Prichard has the higher population (19,121 vs 6,367 in Chickasaw). Chickasaw has the higher median household income ($42,854 vs $35,331 in Prichard). Chickasaw has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $79,900 in Prichard).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw	Prichard
Population	6,367	19,121
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,854	$35,331
Median home value	$110,300	$79,900
Median gross rent	$945	$876
Housing units	2,713	8,791
Homeownership rate	49.8%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw	Prichard
Population	5,817 → 6,367 (+9.5%)	21,773 → 19,121 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$28,611 → $42,854 (+49.8%)	$29,009 → $35,331 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $110,300 (+46.1%)	$66,100 → $79,900 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $945 (+15.8%)	$717 → $876 (+22.2%)

Chickasaw

Population

5,8176,367

Median household income

$28,611$42,854

Median home value

$75,500$110,300

Median gross rent

$816$945

Prichard

Population

21,77319,121

Median household income

$29,009$35,331

Median home value

$66,100$79,900

Median gross rent

$717$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw	Prichard
Under 5	7.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.3%
75 and over	4.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw	Prichard
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	9.0%
Black or African American	54.5%	88.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw	Prichard
No high school diploma	11.7%	18.2%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw	Prichard
Drove alone	87.1%	86.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw	Prichard
1-unit, detached	76.7%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw	Prichard
Poverty rate	28.3%	32.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1963	1967