Childersburg vs Sylacauga

A side-by-side comparison of Childersburg and Sylacauga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sylacauga has the higher population (12,388 vs 4,694 in Childersburg). Childersburg has the higher median household income ($49,178 vs $46,384 in Sylacauga). Sylacauga has the higher median home value ($156,800 vs $131,300 in Childersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
Population	4,694	12,388
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,178	$46,384
Median home value	$131,300	$156,800
Median gross rent	$795	$717
Housing units	2,110	5,891
Homeownership rate	65.6%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
Population	4,908 → 4,694 (-4.4%)	12,226 → 12,388 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$31,163 → $49,178 (+57.8%)	$36,068 → $46,384 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $131,300 (+21.8%)	$131,600 → $156,800 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $795 (+57.1%)	$609 → $717 (+17.7%)

Childersburg

Population

4,9084,694

Median household income

$31,163$49,178

Median home value

$107,800$131,300

Median gross rent

$506$795

Sylacauga

Population

12,22612,388

Median household income

$36,068$46,384

Median home value

$131,600$156,800

Median gross rent

$609$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.9%
75 and over	6.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	63.7%
Black or African American	40.8%	31.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
No high school diploma	18.1%	16.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
Drove alone	82.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
1-unit, detached	72.8%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Childersburg	Sylacauga
Poverty rate	19.4%	24.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1972	1973