Prichard vs Semmes

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

Prichard and Semmes 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 5,404 in Semmes). Semmes has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $35,331 in Prichard). Semmes has the higher median home value ($211,100 vs $79,900 in Prichard).

Population, income & housing

	Prichard	Semmes
Population	19,121	5,404
Median age	37.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,331	$66,458
Median home value	$79,900	$211,100
Median gross rent	$876	$898
Housing units	8,791	2,635
Homeownership rate	54.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prichard	Semmes
Population	21,773 → 19,121 (-12.2%)	5,284 → 5,404 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$29,009 → $35,331 (+21.8%)	$49,234 → $66,458 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $79,900 (+20.9%)	$150,400 → $211,100 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $876 (+22.2%)	$625 → $898 (+43.7%)

Prichard

Population

21,77319,121

Median household income

$29,009$35,331

Median home value

$66,100$79,900

Median gross rent

$717$876

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)

	Prichard	Semmes
Under 5	8.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	18.9%
75 and over	5.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prichard	Semmes
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	78.0%
Black or African American	88.7%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prichard	Semmes
No high school diploma	18.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	44.1%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prichard	Semmes
Drove alone	86.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	12.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prichard	Semmes
1-unit, detached	83.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Prichard	Semmes
Poverty rate	32.1%	15.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1967	1993