Citronelle vs Creola

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

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

Citronelle has the higher population (3,918 vs 2,489 in Creola). Creola has the higher median household income ($68,594 vs $48,926 in Citronelle). Creola has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $164,800 in Citronelle).

Population, income & housing

	Citronelle	Creola
Population	3,918	2,489
Median age	43.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,926	$68,594
Median home value	$164,800	$187,500
Median gross rent	$701	$1,042
Housing units	1,676	819
Homeownership rate	68.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citronelle	Creola
Population	3,893 → 3,918 (+0.6%)	1,871 → 2,489 (+33.0%)
Median household income	$41,299 → $48,926 (+18.5%)	$45,673 → $68,594 (+50.2%)
Median home value	$104,000 → $164,800 (+58.5%)	$135,300 → $187,500 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $701 (-11.8%)	$742 → $1,042 (+40.4%)

Citronelle

Population

3,8933,918

Median household income

$41,299$48,926

Median home value

$104,000$164,800

Median gross rent

$795$701

Creola

Population

1,8712,489

Median household income

$45,673$68,594

Median home value

$135,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$742$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Citronelle	Creola
Under 5	3.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citronelle	Creola
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	78.9%
Black or African American	20.2%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	1.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citronelle	Creola
No high school diploma	9.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	49.4%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citronelle	Creola
Drove alone	87.8%	93.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citronelle	Creola
1-unit, detached	83.8%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Citronelle	Creola
Poverty rate	21.0%	23.9%
Average household size	2.70	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1979	1980