Alabaster vs Calera

A side-by-side comparison of Alabaster and Calera: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alabaster has the higher population (33,633 vs 17,188 in Calera). Alabaster has the higher median household income ($90,163 vs $82,441 in Calera). Alabaster has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $214,200 in Calera).

Population, income & housing

	Alabaster	Calera
Population	33,633	17,188
Median age	39.5 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,163	$82,441
Median home value	$242,600	$214,200
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,505
Housing units	12,372	6,611
Homeownership rate	86.5%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alabaster	Calera
Population	33,176 → 33,633 (+1.4%)	13,856 → 17,188 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$80,072 → $90,163 (+12.6%)	$61,594 → $82,441 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $242,600 (+40.2%)	$148,000 → $214,200 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,375 (+26.4%)	$1,068 → $1,505 (+40.9%)

Alabaster

Population

33,17633,633

Median household income

$80,072$90,163

Median home value

$173,000$242,600

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,375

Calera

Population

13,85617,188

Median household income

$61,594$82,441

Median home value

$148,000$214,200

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alabaster	Calera
Under 5	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.8%
75 and over	5.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alabaster	Calera
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	56.8%
Black or African American	14.7%	32.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alabaster	Calera
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alabaster	Calera
Drove alone	74.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	12.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alabaster	Calera
1-unit, detached	85.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Alabaster	Calera
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1994	2007