Calera vs Chelsea

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

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

Calera has the higher population (17,188 vs 15,731 in Chelsea). Chelsea has the higher median household income ($110,056 vs $82,441 in Calera). Chelsea has the higher median home value ($339,400 vs $214,200 in Calera).

Population, income & housing

	Calera	Chelsea
Population	17,188	15,731
Median age	32.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,441	$110,056
Median home value	$214,200	$339,400
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,456
Housing units	6,611	5,733
Homeownership rate	79.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calera	Chelsea
Population	13,856 → 17,188 (+24.0%)	13,098 → 15,731 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$61,594 → $82,441 (+33.8%)	$97,727 → $110,056 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $214,200 (+44.7%)	$232,700 → $339,400 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,505 (+40.9%)	$1,448 → $1,456 (+0.6%)

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

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)

	Calera	Chelsea
Under 5	7.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	11.0%
75 and over	3.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calera	Chelsea
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	83.7%
Black or African American	32.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calera	Chelsea
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	22.8%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calera	Chelsea
Drove alone	80.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	13.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calera	Chelsea
1-unit, detached	87.6%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Calera	Chelsea
Poverty rate	6.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	2007	2007