Shoal Creek vs Vandiver

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

Shoal Creek and Vandiver 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 890 in Vandiver). Shoal Creek has the higher median household income ($165,625 vs $36,250 in Vandiver). Since 2019, Shoal Creek's population has grown faster (-0.4% vs -6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
Population	1,371	890
Median age	50.2 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$165,625	$36,250
Median home value	$787,500	—
Median gross rent	$2,573	$926
Housing units	610	400
Homeownership rate	87.7%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
Population	1,376 → 1,371 (-0.4%)	949 → 890 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$114,353 → $165,625 (+44.8%)	$23,710 → $36,250 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$445,100 → $787,500 (+76.9%)	$124,300 → $116,400 (-6.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $2,573 (+18.7%)	$687 → $926 (+34.8%)

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

Vandiver

Population

949890

Median household income

$23,710$36,250

Median home value

$124,300$116,400

Median gross rent

$687$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
Under 5	4.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	20.8%
55 to 64	23.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.8%
75 and over	6.4%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
No high school diploma	10.2%	23.5%
High school graduate	2.3%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
Drove alone	72.3%	55.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	31.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
1-unit, detached	97.2%	51.2%
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%	48.8%

Poverty & households

	Shoal Creek	Vandiver
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	2005	1994