Citronelle vs Semmes

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

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

Semmes has the higher population (5,404 vs 3,918 in Citronelle). Semmes has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $48,926 in Citronelle). Semmes has the higher median home value ($211,100 vs $164,800 in Citronelle).

Population, income & housing

	Citronelle	Semmes
Population	3,918	5,404
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,926	$66,458
Median home value	$164,800	$211,100
Median gross rent	$701	$898
Housing units	1,676	2,635
Homeownership rate	68.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citronelle	Semmes
Population	3,893 → 3,918 (+0.6%)	5,284 → 5,404 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$41,299 → $48,926 (+18.5%)	$49,234 → $66,458 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$104,000 → $164,800 (+58.5%)	$150,400 → $211,100 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $701 (-11.8%)	$625 → $898 (+43.7%)

Citronelle

Population

3,8933,918

Median household income

$41,299$48,926

Median home value

$104,000$164,800

Median gross rent

$795$701

Semmes

Population

5,2845,404

Median household income

$49,234$66,458

Median home value

$150,400$211,100

Median gross rent

$625$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Citronelle	Semmes
Under 5	3.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	18.9%
75 and over	6.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citronelle	Semmes
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	78.0%
Black or African American	20.2%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citronelle	Semmes
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	49.4%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citronelle	Semmes
Drove alone	87.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	12.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citronelle	Semmes
1-unit, detached	83.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Citronelle	Semmes
Poverty rate	21.0%	15.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1979	1993