Chickasaw vs Saraland

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

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

Saraland has the higher population (16,304 vs 6,367 in Chickasaw). Saraland has the higher median household income ($60,577 vs $42,854 in Chickasaw). Saraland has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $110,300 in Chickasaw).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw	Saraland
Population	6,367	16,304
Median age	32.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,854	$60,577
Median home value	$110,300	$210,500
Median gross rent	$945	$1,071
Housing units	2,713	7,502
Homeownership rate	49.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw	Saraland
Population	5,817 → 6,367 (+9.5%)	14,391 → 16,304 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$28,611 → $42,854 (+49.8%)	$60,633 → $60,577 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $110,300 (+46.1%)	$149,000 → $210,500 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $945 (+15.8%)	$874 → $1,071 (+22.5%)

Chickasaw

Population

5,8176,367

Median household income

$28,611$42,854

Median home value

$75,500$110,300

Median gross rent

$816$945

Saraland

Population

14,39116,304

Median household income

$60,633$60,577

Median home value

$149,000$210,500

Median gross rent

$874$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw	Saraland
Under 5	7.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.1%
75 and over	4.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw	Saraland
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	79.4%
Black or African American	54.5%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw	Saraland
No high school diploma	11.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	38.9%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw	Saraland
Drove alone	87.1%	89.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw	Saraland
1-unit, detached	76.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw	Saraland
Poverty rate	28.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1963	1980