Alabaster vs Chelsea

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

Alabaster and Chelsea 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 15,731 in Chelsea). Chelsea has the higher median household income ($110,056 vs $90,163 in Alabaster). Chelsea has the higher median home value ($339,400 vs $242,600 in Alabaster).

Population, income & housing

	Alabaster	Chelsea
Population	33,633	15,731
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,163	$110,056
Median home value	$242,600	$339,400
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,456
Housing units	12,372	5,733
Homeownership rate	86.5%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alabaster	Chelsea
Population	33,176 → 33,633 (+1.4%)	13,098 → 15,731 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$80,072 → $90,163 (+12.6%)	$97,727 → $110,056 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $242,600 (+40.2%)	$232,700 → $339,400 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,375 (+26.4%)	$1,448 → $1,456 (+0.6%)

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

Chelsea

Population

13,09815,731

Median household income

$97,727$110,056

Median home value

$232,700$339,400

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alabaster	Chelsea
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.0%
75 and over	5.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alabaster	Chelsea
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	83.7%
Black or African American	14.7%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alabaster	Chelsea
No high school diploma	6.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	25.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alabaster	Chelsea
Drove alone	74.7%	80.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	13.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alabaster	Chelsea
1-unit, detached	85.6%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Alabaster	Chelsea
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1994	2007