Shoal Creek vs Sterrett

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

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

Shoal Creek has the higher population (1,371 vs 895 in Sterrett). Shoal Creek has the higher median household income ($165,625 vs $63,854 in Sterrett). Shoal Creek has the higher median home value ($787,500 vs $154,800 in Sterrett).

Population, income & housing

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
Population	1,371	895
Median age	50.2 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$165,625	$63,854
Median home value	$787,500	$154,800
Median gross rent	$2,573	—
Housing units	610	350
Homeownership rate	87.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
Population	1,376 → 1,371 (-0.4%)	977 → 895 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$114,353 → $165,625 (+44.8%)	$47,159 → $63,854 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$445,100 → $787,500 (+76.9%)	$130,800 → $154,800 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $2,573 (+18.7%)	—

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

Sterrett

Population

977895

Median household income

$47,159$63,854

Median home value

$130,800$154,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
Under 5	4.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	6.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	3.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	18.7%
55 to 64	23.9%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.2%
75 and over	6.4%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	2.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
Drove alone	72.3%	89.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
1-unit, detached	97.2%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	55.1%

Poverty & households

	Shoal Creek	Sterrett
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	2005	1998