Gordo vs Pickensville

A side-by-side comparison of Gordo and Pickensville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gordo has the higher population (1,435 vs 776 in Pickensville). Gordo has the higher median household income ($46,863 vs $46,667 in Pickensville). Pickensville has the higher median home value ($140,400 vs $125,300 in Gordo).

Population, income & housing

	Gordo	Pickensville
Population	1,435	776
Median age	36.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,863	$46,667
Median home value	$125,300	$140,400
Median gross rent	$523	$842
Housing units	638	442
Homeownership rate	66.0%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordo	Pickensville
Population	1,660 → 1,435 (-13.6%)	798 → 776 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$31,466 → $46,863 (+48.9%)	$40,313 → $46,667 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $125,300 (+11.0%)	$82,900 → $140,400 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$406 → $523 (+28.8%)	$735 → $842 (+14.6%)

Gordo

Population

1,6601,435

Median household income

$31,466$46,863

Median home value

$112,900$125,300

Median gross rent

$406$523

Pickensville

Population

798776

Median household income

$40,313$46,667

Median home value

$82,900$140,400

Median gross rent

$735$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gordo	Pickensville
Under 5	4.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	5.8%
18 to 24	21.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	24.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.0%
75 and over	8.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordo	Pickensville
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	47.3%
Black or African American	45.4%	52.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordo	Pickensville
No high school diploma	15.8%	15.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordo	Pickensville
Drove alone	91.1%	94.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordo	Pickensville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Gordo	Pickensville
Poverty rate	16.1%	27.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1968	1987