Alabaster vs Meadowbrook

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

Alabaster and Meadowbrook 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 8,939 in Meadowbrook). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($145,464 vs $90,163 in Alabaster). Meadowbrook has the higher median home value ($390,100 vs $242,600 in Alabaster).

Population, income & housing

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
Population	33,633	8,939
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,163	$145,464
Median home value	$242,600	$390,100
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,276
Housing units	12,372	3,625
Homeownership rate	86.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
Population	33,176 → 33,633 (+1.4%)	9,468 → 8,939 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$80,072 → $90,163 (+12.6%)	$109,650 → $145,464 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $242,600 (+40.2%)	$299,200 → $390,100 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,375 (+26.4%)	$1,406 → $1,276 (-9.2%)

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

Meadowbrook

Population

9,4688,939

Median household income

$109,650$145,464

Median home value

$299,200$390,100

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
Under 5	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.8%
75 and over	5.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	80.3%
Black or African American	14.7%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	6.6%	0.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	74.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	20.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	85.6%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	15.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alabaster	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1994	1987