Calera vs Pelham

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

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

Pelham has the higher population (24,510 vs 17,188 in Calera). Pelham has the higher median household income ($91,904 vs $82,441 in Calera). Pelham has the higher median home value ($278,900 vs $214,200 in Calera).

Population, income & housing

	Calera	Pelham
Population	17,188	24,510
Median age	32.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,441	$91,904
Median home value	$214,200	$278,900
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,573
Housing units	6,611	9,698
Homeownership rate	79.8%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calera	Pelham
Population	13,856 → 17,188 (+24.0%)	23,428 → 24,510 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$61,594 → $82,441 (+33.8%)	$80,510 → $91,904 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $214,200 (+44.7%)	$189,000 → $278,900 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,505 (+40.9%)	$1,119 → $1,573 (+40.6%)

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

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)

	Calera	Pelham
Under 5	7.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	18.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.6%
75 and over	3.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calera	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	65.3%
Black or African American	32.1%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calera	Pelham
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	22.8%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calera	Pelham
Drove alone	80.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	17.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calera	Pelham
1-unit, detached	87.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Calera	Pelham
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	2007	2000