Alabaster vs Pelham

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

Alabaster and Pelham 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 24,510 in Pelham). Pelham has the higher median household income ($91,904 vs $90,163 in Alabaster). Pelham has the higher median home value ($278,900 vs $242,600 in Alabaster).

Population, income & housing

	Alabaster	Pelham
Population	33,633	24,510
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,163	$91,904
Median home value	$242,600	$278,900
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,573
Housing units	12,372	9,698
Homeownership rate	86.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alabaster	Pelham
Population	33,176 → 33,633 (+1.4%)	23,428 → 24,510 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$80,072 → $90,163 (+12.6%)	$80,510 → $91,904 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $242,600 (+40.2%)	$189,000 → $278,900 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,375 (+26.4%)	$1,119 → $1,573 (+40.6%)

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

Pelham

Population

23,42824,510

Median household income

$80,510$91,904

Median home value

$189,000$278,900

Median gross rent

$1,119$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alabaster	Pelham
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	5.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alabaster	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	65.3%
Black or African American	14.7%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alabaster	Pelham
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alabaster	Pelham
Drove alone	74.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	17.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alabaster	Pelham
1-unit, detached	85.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Alabaster	Pelham
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1994	2000