Gordo vs Reform

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

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

Reform has the higher population (1,636 vs 1,435 in Gordo). Gordo has the higher median household income ($46,863 vs $33,958 in Reform). Gordo has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $92,200 in Reform).

Population, income & housing

	Gordo	Reform
Population	1,435	1,636
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,863	$33,958
Median home value	$125,300	$92,200
Median gross rent	$523	$414
Housing units	638	841
Homeownership rate	66.0%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordo	Reform
Population	1,660 → 1,435 (-13.6%)	1,621 → 1,636 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$31,466 → $46,863 (+48.9%)	$27,391 → $33,958 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $125,300 (+11.0%)	$79,900 → $92,200 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$406 → $523 (+28.8%)	$406 → $414 (+2.0%)

Gordo

Population

1,6601,435

Median household income

$31,466$46,863

Median home value

$112,900$125,300

Median gross rent

$406$523

Reform

Population

1,6211,636

Median household income

$27,391$33,958

Median home value

$79,900$92,200

Median gross rent

$406$414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gordo	Reform
Under 5	4.1%	12.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	10.5%
18 to 24	21.4%	13.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.6%
75 and over	8.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordo	Reform
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	29.0%
Black or African American	45.4%	61.8%
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%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordo	Reform
No high school diploma	15.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordo	Reform
Drove alone	91.1%	97.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordo	Reform
1-unit, detached	68.8%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Gordo	Reform
Poverty rate	16.1%	39.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1968	1976