Calera vs Meadowbrook

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

Calera and Meadowbrook 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 8,939 in Meadowbrook). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($145,464 vs $82,441 in Calera). Meadowbrook has the higher median home value ($390,100 vs $214,200 in Calera).

Population, income & housing

	Calera	Meadowbrook
Population	17,188	8,939
Median age	32.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,441	$145,464
Median home value	$214,200	$390,100
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,276
Housing units	6,611	3,625
Homeownership rate	79.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calera	Meadowbrook
Population	13,856 → 17,188 (+24.0%)	9,468 → 8,939 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$61,594 → $82,441 (+33.8%)	$109,650 → $145,464 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $214,200 (+44.7%)	$299,200 → $390,100 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,505 (+40.9%)	$1,406 → $1,276 (-9.2%)

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

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)

	Calera	Meadowbrook
Under 5	7.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.8%
75 and over	3.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calera	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	80.3%
Black or African American	32.1%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calera	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	22.8%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calera	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	80.4%	76.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	20.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calera	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	87.6%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calera	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	2007	1987