Epes vs York

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

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

York has the higher population (2,849 vs 361 in Epes). York has the higher median household income ($37,009 vs $15,156 in Epes). York has the higher median home value ($57,500 vs $54,800 in Epes).

Population, income & housing

	Epes	York
Population	361	2,849
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$15,156	$37,009
Median home value	$54,800	$57,500
Median gross rent	—	$738
Housing units	192	1,558
Homeownership rate	94.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Epes	York
Population	614 → 361 (-41.2%)	2,529 → 2,849 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$23,267 → $15,156 (-34.9%)	$25,202 → $37,009 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $54,800 (-42.3%)	$41,000 → $57,500 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$493 → $738 (+49.7%)

Epes

Population

614361

Median household income

$23,267$15,156

Median home value

$95,000$54,800

York

Population

2,5292,849

Median household income

$25,202$37,009

Median home value

$41,000$57,500

Median gross rent

$493$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Epes	York
Under 5	20.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	3.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	24.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.7%
75 and over	0.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Epes	York
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	9.7%
Black or African American	99.7%	87.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Epes	York
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Epes	York
Drove alone	100.0%	90.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Epes	York
1-unit, detached	39.1%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	58.9%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Epes	York
Poverty rate	55.1%	32.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1986	1976