Beatrice vs Excel

A side-by-side comparison of Beatrice and Excel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Excel has the higher population (504 vs 169 in Beatrice). Excel has the higher median household income ($66,167 vs $40,833 in Beatrice). Excel has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $82,500 in Beatrice).

Population, income & housing

	Beatrice	Excel
Population	169	504
Median age	52.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$66,167
Median home value	$82,500	$145,500
Median gross rent	—	$590
Housing units	123	216
Homeownership rate	83.8%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beatrice	Excel
Population	221 → 169 (-23.5%)	1,006 → 504 (-49.9%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $40,833 (+42.0%)	$66,250 → $66,167 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $82,500 (+181.6%)	$140,200 → $145,500 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$871 → $590 (-32.3%)

Beatrice

Population

221169

Median household income

$28,750$40,833

Median home value

$29,300$82,500

Excel

Population

1,006504

Median household income

$66,250$66,167

Median home value

$140,200$145,500

Median gross rent

$871$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beatrice	Excel
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	31.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.5%	19.0%
55 to 64	20.1%	6.7%
65 to 74	21.9%	8.9%
75 and over	5.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beatrice	Excel
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	84.3%
Black or African American	70.4%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beatrice	Excel
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beatrice	Excel
Drove alone	65.8%	94.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.6%	1.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beatrice	Excel
1-unit, detached	80.5%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Beatrice	Excel
Poverty rate	6.5%	21.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	12	33
Median year structure built	1989	1985