Meadowbrook vs Pelham

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

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

Pelham has the higher population (24,510 vs 8,939 in Meadowbrook). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($145,464 vs $91,904 in Pelham). Meadowbrook has the higher median home value ($390,100 vs $278,900 in Pelham).

Population, income & housing

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
Population	8,939	24,510
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$145,464	$91,904
Median home value	$390,100	$278,900
Median gross rent	$1,276	$1,573
Housing units	3,625	9,698
Homeownership rate	90.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.6%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
Population	9,468 → 8,939 (-5.6%)	23,428 → 24,510 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$109,650 → $145,464 (+32.7%)	$80,510 → $91,904 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$299,200 → $390,100 (+30.4%)	$189,000 → $278,900 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,406 → $1,276 (-9.2%)	$1,119 → $1,573 (+40.6%)

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

Pelham

Population

23,42824,510

Median household income

$80,510$91,904

Median home value

$189,000$278,900

Median gross rent

$1,119$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
Under 5	6.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.6%
75 and over	3.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	65.3%
Black or African American	10.7%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
No high school diploma	0.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	9.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	43.7%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.9%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
Drove alone	76.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
1-unit, detached	80.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Meadowbrook	Pelham
Poverty rate	6.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1987	2000