Springville vs Steele

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

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

Springville has the higher population (4,949 vs 1,293 in Steele). Springville has the higher median household income ($76,964 vs $70,000 in Steele). Springville has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $101,700 in Steele).

Population, income & housing

	Springville	Steele
Population	4,949	1,293
Median age	45.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,964	$70,000
Median home value	$260,400	$101,700
Median gross rent	$783	$744
Housing units	2,129	559
Homeownership rate	88.3%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springville	Steele
Population	4,257 → 4,949 (+16.3%)	1,149 → 1,293 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$83,488 → $76,964 (-7.8%)	$35,125 → $70,000 (+99.3%)
Median home value	$214,900 → $260,400 (+21.2%)	$76,200 → $101,700 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,596 → $783 (-50.9%)	$824 → $744 (-9.7%)

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

Steele

Population

1,1491,293

Median household income

$35,125$70,000

Median home value

$76,200$101,700

Median gross rent

$824$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Springville	Steele
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	22.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	16.1%	7.4%
75 and over	10.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springville	Steele
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	73.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springville	Steele
No high school diploma	9.3%	13.7%
High school graduate	21.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springville	Steele
Drove alone	81.6%	88.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springville	Steele
1-unit, detached	85.2%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Springville	Steele
Poverty rate	3.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1998	1975