Saraland vs Satsuma

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

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

Saraland has the higher population (16,304 vs 6,784 in Satsuma). Satsuma has the higher median household income ($97,550 vs $60,577 in Saraland). Saraland has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $199,800 in Satsuma).

Population, income & housing

	Saraland	Satsuma
Population	16,304	6,784
Median age	43.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,577	$97,550
Median home value	$210,500	$199,800
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,224
Housing units	7,502	2,641
Homeownership rate	75.7%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saraland	Satsuma
Population	14,391 → 16,304 (+13.3%)	6,159 → 6,784 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$60,633 → $60,577 (-0.1%)	$64,348 → $97,550 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$149,000 → $210,500 (+41.3%)	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,071 (+22.5%)	$885 → $1,224 (+38.3%)

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

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)

	Saraland	Satsuma
Under 5	6.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.3%
75 and over	10.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saraland	Satsuma
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	15.3%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saraland	Satsuma
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saraland	Satsuma
Drove alone	89.8%	88.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saraland	Satsuma
1-unit, detached	80.7%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Saraland	Satsuma
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1980	1979