Bon Air vs Waldo

A side-by-side comparison of Bon Air and Waldo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waldo has the higher population (282 vs 116 in Bon Air). Bon Air has the higher median household income ($36,607 vs $33,125 in Waldo). Bon Air has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $59,700 in Waldo).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Waldo
Population	116	282
Median age	32.3 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$33,125
Median home value	$79,000	$59,700
Median gross rent	$929	$1,256
Housing units	53	170
Homeownership rate	68.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Waldo
Population	87 → 116 (+33.3%)	235 → 282 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $36,607 (+41.7%)	$31,786 → $33,125 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $79,000 (+17.0%)	$62,000 → $59,700 (-3.7%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $929 (+50.6%)	$825 → $1,256 (+52.2%)

Bon Air

Population

87116

Median household income

$25,833$36,607

Median home value

$67,500$79,000

Median gross rent

$617$929

Waldo

Population

235282

Median household income

$31,786$33,125

Median home value

$62,000$59,700

Median gross rent

$825$1,256

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Waldo
Under 5	7.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	28.4%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	24.1%
75 and over	5.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	62.8%
Black or African American	10.3%	32.3%
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	5.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Waldo
No high school diploma	23.5%	18.5%
High school graduate	48.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Waldo
Drove alone	100.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
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%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Waldo
1-unit, detached	52.8%	34.7%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.2%	56.5%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Waldo
Poverty rate	26.8%	25.6%
Average household size	2.58	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	37	56
Median year structure built	1966	1989