Falkville vs Hartselle

A side-by-side comparison of Falkville and Hartselle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hartselle has the higher population (15,586 vs 1,464 in Falkville). Hartselle has the higher median household income ($67,863 vs $43,145 in Falkville). Hartselle has the higher median home value ($192,200 vs $118,300 in Falkville).

Population, income & housing

	Falkville	Hartselle
Population	1,464	15,586
Median age	56.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,145	$67,863
Median home value	$118,300	$192,200
Median gross rent	$666	$751
Housing units	512	6,462
Homeownership rate	79.5%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falkville	Hartselle
Population	1,348 → 1,464 (+8.6%)	14,428 → 15,586 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $43,145 (+0.8%)	$59,697 → $67,863 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $118,300 (+36.3%)	$148,600 → $192,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $666 (-3.8%)	$681 → $751 (+10.3%)

Falkville

Population

1,3481,464

Median household income

$42,813$43,145

Median home value

$86,800$118,300

Median gross rent

$692$666

Hartselle

Population

14,42815,586

Median household income

$59,697$67,863

Median home value

$148,600$192,200

Median gross rent

$681$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falkville	Hartselle
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	6.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	22.7%	10.5%
75 and over	16.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falkville	Hartselle
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	4.6%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falkville	Hartselle
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	45.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falkville	Hartselle
Drove alone	89.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falkville	Hartselle
1-unit, detached	82.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Falkville	Hartselle
Poverty rate	14.5%	12.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1972	1982