Munford vs Sylacauga

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

Munford 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 1,694 in Munford). Sylacauga has the higher median household income ($46,384 vs $39,125 in Munford). Sylacauga has the higher median home value ($156,800 vs $77,300 in Munford).

Population, income & housing

	Munford	Sylacauga
Population	1,694	12,388
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,125	$46,384
Median home value	$77,300	$156,800
Median gross rent	$758	$717
Housing units	763	5,891
Homeownership rate	89.0%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Munford	Sylacauga
Population	1,410 → 1,694 (+20.1%)	12,226 → 12,388 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$31,905 → $39,125 (+22.6%)	$36,068 → $46,384 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $77,300 (-2.8%)	$131,600 → $156,800 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $758 (+34.2%)	$609 → $717 (+17.7%)

Munford

Population

1,4101,694

Median household income

$31,905$39,125

Median home value

$79,500$77,300

Median gross rent

$565$758

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)

	Munford	Sylacauga
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	19.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	20.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.9%
75 and over	7.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Munford	Sylacauga
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	63.7%
Black or African American	11.3%	31.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Munford	Sylacauga
No high school diploma	14.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Munford	Sylacauga
Drove alone	72.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.8%
Other means	4.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Munford	Sylacauga
1-unit, detached	49.4%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	44.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Munford	Sylacauga
Poverty rate	34.9%	24.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1990	1973