Roanoke vs Wedowee

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

Roanoke and Wedowee 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 905 in Wedowee). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($48,083 vs $41,635 in Wedowee). Wedowee has the higher median home value ($189,300 vs $129,100 in Roanoke).

Population, income & housing

	Roanoke	Wedowee
Population	5,332	905
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,083	$41,635
Median home value	$129,100	$189,300
Median gross rent	$589	$642
Housing units	2,691	481
Homeownership rate	68.5%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roanoke	Wedowee
Population	5,926 → 5,332 (-10.0%)	820 → 905 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$42,069 → $48,083 (+14.3%)	$31,042 → $41,635 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $129,100 (+50.3%)	$120,000 → $189,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $589 (-2.2%)	$444 → $642 (+44.6%)

Roanoke

Population

5,9265,332

Median household income

$42,069$48,083

Median home value

$85,900$129,100

Median gross rent

$602$589

Wedowee

Population

820905

Median household income

$31,042$41,635

Median home value

$120,000$189,300

Median gross rent

$444$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roanoke	Wedowee
Under 5	4.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.3%
75 and over	10.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roanoke	Wedowee
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	64.3%
Black or African American	42.4%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roanoke	Wedowee
No high school diploma	14.9%	23.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roanoke	Wedowee
Drove alone	81.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	12.3%
Other means	4.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roanoke	Wedowee
1-unit, detached	71.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	7.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Roanoke	Wedowee
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1977	1972