Harpersville vs Shoal Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Harpersville and Shoal Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harpersville has the higher population (1,649 vs 1,371 in Shoal Creek). Shoal Creek has the higher median household income ($165,625 vs $72,941 in Harpersville). Shoal Creek has the higher median home value ($787,500 vs $186,300 in Harpersville).

Population, income & housing

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
Population	1,649	1,371
Median age	41.3 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,941	$165,625
Median home value	$186,300	$787,500
Median gross rent	$929	$2,573
Housing units	765	610
Homeownership rate	87.3%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
Population	1,483 → 1,649 (+11.2%)	1,376 → 1,371 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$57,639 → $72,941 (+26.5%)	$114,353 → $165,625 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $186,300 (+33.0%)	$445,100 → $787,500 (+76.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $929 (-8.1%)	$2,167 → $2,573 (+18.7%)

Harpersville

Population

1,4831,649

Median household income

$57,639$72,941

Median home value

$140,100$186,300

Median gross rent

$1,011$929

Shoal Creek

Population

1,3761,371

Median household income

$114,353$165,625

Median home value

$445,100$787,500

Median gross rent

$2,167$2,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
Under 5	3.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	23.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	11.7%
75 and over	6.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	16.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
No high school diploma	12.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	2.3%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
Drove alone	80.1%	72.3%
Carpooled	15.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	27.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
1-unit, detached	75.8%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harpersville	Shoal Creek
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1990	2005