Epes vs Geiger

A side-by-side comparison of Epes and Geiger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Epes has the higher population (361 vs 271 in Geiger). Geiger has the higher median household income ($39,583 vs $15,156 in Epes). Epes has the higher median home value ($54,800 vs $54,500 in Geiger).

Population, income & housing

	Epes	Geiger
Population	361	271
Median age	36.6 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$15,156	$39,583
Median home value	$54,800	$54,500
Housing units	192	123
Homeownership rate	94.9%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Epes	Geiger
Population	614 → 361 (-41.2%)	239 → 271 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$23,267 → $15,156 (-34.9%)	$37,778 → $39,583 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $54,800 (-42.3%)	$65,600 → $54,500 (-16.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$673 → $670 (-0.4%)

Epes

Population

614361

Median household income

$23,267$15,156

Median home value

$95,000$54,800

Geiger

Population

239271

Median household income

$37,778$39,583

Median home value

$65,600$54,500

Median gross rent

$673$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Epes	Geiger
Under 5	20.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	4.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	3.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.0%	0.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.2%
55 to 64	24.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	0.6%	32.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Epes	Geiger
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	27.7%
Black or African American	99.7%	59.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Epes	Geiger
No high school diploma	10.1%	19.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Epes	Geiger
Drove alone	100.0%	60.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	39.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Epes	Geiger
1-unit, detached	39.1%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.9%	53.7%

Poverty & households

	Epes	Geiger
Poverty rate	55.1%	11.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1986	1989