Roanoke vs Wadley

A side-by-side comparison of Roanoke and Wadley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roanoke has the higher population (5,332 vs 837 in Wadley). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($48,083 vs $47,788 in Wadley). Wadley has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $129,100 in Roanoke).

Population, income & housing

	Roanoke	Wadley
Population	5,332	837
Median age	43.4 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,083	$47,788
Median home value	$129,100	$191,100
Median gross rent	$589	$460
Housing units	2,691	286
Homeownership rate	68.5%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roanoke	Wadley
Population	5,926 → 5,332 (-10.0%)	829 → 837 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$42,069 → $48,083 (+14.3%)	$23,958 → $47,788 (+99.5%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $129,100 (+50.3%)	$91,100 → $191,100 (+109.8%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $589 (-2.2%)	$388 → $460 (+18.6%)

Roanoke

Population

5,9265,332

Median household income

$42,069$48,083

Median home value

$85,900$129,100

Median gross rent

$602$589

Wadley

Population

829837

Median household income

$23,958$47,788

Median home value

$91,100$191,100

Median gross rent

$388$460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roanoke	Wadley
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	39.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	4.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	6.6%
75 and over	10.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roanoke	Wadley
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	60.3%
Black or African American	42.4%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roanoke	Wadley
No high school diploma	14.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	39.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roanoke	Wadley
Drove alone	81.7%	65.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roanoke	Wadley
1-unit, detached	71.0%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Roanoke	Wadley
Poverty rate	16.3%	25.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1977	1974