Prichard vs Saraland

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

Prichard and Saraland 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 16,304 in Saraland). Saraland has the higher median household income ($60,577 vs $35,331 in Prichard). Saraland has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $79,900 in Prichard).

Population, income & housing

	Prichard	Saraland
Population	19,121	16,304
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,331	$60,577
Median home value	$79,900	$210,500
Median gross rent	$876	$1,071
Housing units	8,791	7,502
Homeownership rate	54.4%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prichard	Saraland
Population	21,773 → 19,121 (-12.2%)	14,391 → 16,304 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$29,009 → $35,331 (+21.8%)	$60,633 → $60,577 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $79,900 (+20.9%)	$149,000 → $210,500 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $876 (+22.2%)	$874 → $1,071 (+22.5%)

Prichard

Population

21,77319,121

Median household income

$29,009$35,331

Median home value

$66,100$79,900

Median gross rent

$717$876

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)

	Prichard	Saraland
Under 5	8.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prichard	Saraland
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	88.7%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prichard	Saraland
No high school diploma	18.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	44.1%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prichard	Saraland
Drove alone	86.2%	89.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prichard	Saraland
1-unit, detached	83.3%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Prichard	Saraland
Poverty rate	32.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1967	1980