Chelsea vs Montevallo

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

Chelsea and Montevallo 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 7,429 in Montevallo). Chelsea has the higher median household income ($110,056 vs $54,665 in Montevallo). Chelsea has the higher median home value ($339,400 vs $210,400 in Montevallo).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Montevallo
Population	15,731	7,429
Median age	38.2 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,056	$54,665
Median home value	$339,400	$210,400
Median gross rent	$1,456	$906
Housing units	5,733	2,683
Homeownership rate	89.9%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Montevallo
Population	13,098 → 15,731 (+20.1%)	6,693 → 7,429 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$97,727 → $110,056 (+12.6%)	$49,650 → $54,665 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$232,700 → $339,400 (+45.9%)	$160,300 → $210,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,456 (+0.6%)	$743 → $906 (+21.9%)

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

Montevallo

Population

6,6937,429

Median household income

$49,650$54,665

Median home value

$160,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$743$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Montevallo
Under 5	5.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	31.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.5%
75 and over	4.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Montevallo
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	63.3%
Black or African American	7.4%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Montevallo
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	15.9%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Montevallo
Drove alone	80.1%	72.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	12.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Montevallo
1-unit, detached	94.6%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Montevallo
Poverty rate	2.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	2007	1992