Pell City vs Springville

A side-by-side comparison of Pell City and Springville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pell City has the higher population (13,353 vs 4,949 in Springville). Springville has the higher median household income ($76,964 vs $73,043 in Pell City). Springville has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $238,100 in Pell City).

Population, income & housing

	Pell City	Springville
Population	13,353	4,949
Median age	40.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,043	$76,964
Median home value	$238,100	$260,400
Median gross rent	$1,103	$783
Housing units	5,848	2,129
Homeownership rate	67.1%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pell City	Springville
Population	13,781 → 13,353 (-3.1%)	4,257 → 4,949 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$54,674 → $73,043 (+33.6%)	$83,488 → $76,964 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $238,100 (+29.5%)	$214,900 → $260,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,103 (+28.6%)	$1,596 → $783 (-50.9%)

Pell City

Population

13,78113,353

Median household income

$54,674$73,043

Median home value

$183,800$238,100

Median gross rent

$858$1,103

Springville

Population

4,2574,949

Median household income

$83,488$76,964

Median home value

$214,900$260,400

Median gross rent

$1,596$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pell City	Springville
Under 5	6.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.1%
75 and over	7.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pell City	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	87.6%
Black or African American	15.1%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pell City	Springville
No high school diploma	13.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pell City	Springville
Drove alone	87.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pell City	Springville
1-unit, detached	74.0%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Pell City	Springville
Poverty rate	15.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1991	1998