Harpersville vs Wilsonville

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

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

Wilsonville has the higher population (2,097 vs 1,649 in Harpersville). Harpersville has the higher median household income ($72,941 vs $65,417 in Wilsonville). Wilsonville has the higher median home value ($238,500 vs $186,300 in Harpersville).

Population, income & housing

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
Population	1,649	2,097
Median age	41.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,941	$65,417
Median home value	$186,300	$238,500
Median gross rent	$929	$879
Housing units	765	815
Homeownership rate	87.3%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
Population	1,483 → 1,649 (+11.2%)	2,268 → 2,097 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$57,639 → $72,941 (+26.5%)	$58,375 → $65,417 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $186,300 (+33.0%)	$154,400 → $238,500 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $929 (-8.1%)	$979 → $879 (-10.2%)

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

Wilsonville

Population

2,2682,097

Median household income

$58,375$65,417

Median home value

$154,400$238,500

Median gross rent

$979$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
Under 5	3.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	10.7%
75 and over	6.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	91.5%
Black or African American	16.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	12.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	32.5%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
Drove alone	80.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	15.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	75.8%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
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%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Harpersville	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1990	1992