Prichard vs Satsuma

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

Prichard and Satsuma 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 6,784 in Satsuma). Satsuma has the higher median household income ($97,550 vs $35,331 in Prichard). Satsuma has the higher median home value ($199,800 vs $79,900 in Prichard).

Population, income & housing

	Prichard	Satsuma
Population	19,121	6,784
Median age	37.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,331	$97,550
Median home value	$79,900	$199,800
Median gross rent	$876	$1,224
Housing units	8,791	2,641
Homeownership rate	54.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prichard	Satsuma
Population	21,773 → 19,121 (-12.2%)	6,159 → 6,784 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$29,009 → $35,331 (+21.8%)	$64,348 → $97,550 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $79,900 (+20.9%)	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $876 (+22.2%)	$885 → $1,224 (+38.3%)

Prichard

Population

21,77319,121

Median household income

$29,009$35,331

Median home value

$66,100$79,900

Median gross rent

$717$876

Satsuma

Population

6,1596,784

Median household income

$64,348$97,550

Median home value

$155,800$199,800

Median gross rent

$885$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prichard	Satsuma
Under 5	8.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.3%
75 and over	5.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prichard	Satsuma
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	88.7%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prichard	Satsuma
No high school diploma	18.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prichard	Satsuma
Drove alone	86.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prichard	Satsuma
1-unit, detached	83.3%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Prichard	Satsuma
Poverty rate	32.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1967	1979