Harpersville vs Westover

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

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

Westover has the higher population (2,298 vs 1,649 in Harpersville). Westover has the higher median household income ($90,125 vs $72,941 in Harpersville). Westover has the higher median home value ($279,600 vs $186,300 in Harpersville).

Population, income & housing

	Harpersville	Westover
Population	1,649	2,298
Median age	41.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,941	$90,125
Median home value	$186,300	$279,600
Median gross rent	$929	$986
Housing units	765	790
Homeownership rate	87.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harpersville	Westover
Population	1,483 → 1,649 (+11.2%)	1,660 → 2,298 (+38.4%)
Median household income	$57,639 → $72,941 (+26.5%)	$69,219 → $90,125 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $186,300 (+33.0%)	$193,800 → $279,600 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $929 (-8.1%)	$867 → $986 (+13.7%)

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

Westover

Population

1,6602,298

Median household income

$69,219$90,125

Median home value

$193,800$279,600

Median gross rent

$867$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harpersville	Westover
Under 5	3.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	6.1%
75 and over	6.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harpersville	Westover
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	16.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harpersville	Westover
No high school diploma	12.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harpersville	Westover
Drove alone	80.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	12.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harpersville	Westover
1-unit, detached	75.8%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.3%
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%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Harpersville	Westover
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.59	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1990	2002