Chelsea vs Meadowbrook

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

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

Chelsea has the higher population (15,731 vs 8,939 in Meadowbrook). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($145,464 vs $110,056 in Chelsea). Meadowbrook has the higher median home value ($390,100 vs $339,400 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
Population	15,731	8,939
Median age	38.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,056	$145,464
Median home value	$339,400	$390,100
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,276
Housing units	5,733	3,625
Homeownership rate	89.9%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
Population	13,098 → 15,731 (+20.1%)	9,468 → 8,939 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$97,727 → $110,056 (+12.6%)	$109,650 → $145,464 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$232,700 → $339,400 (+45.9%)	$299,200 → $390,100 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,456 (+0.6%)	$1,406 → $1,276 (-9.2%)

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

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)

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.8%
75 and over	4.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	7.4%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.9%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	80.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	20.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	94.6%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	2.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	2007	1987