Alexander City vs Dadeville

A side-by-side comparison of Alexander City and Dadeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alexander City has the higher population (14,686 vs 3,034 in Dadeville). Dadeville has the higher median household income ($57,240 vs $42,367 in Alexander City). Dadeville has the higher median home value ($163,500 vs $135,900 in Alexander City).

Population, income & housing

	Alexander City	Dadeville
Population	14,686	3,034
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,367	$57,240
Median home value	$135,900	$163,500
Median gross rent	$690	$946
Housing units	7,329	1,319
Homeownership rate	62.4%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexander City	Dadeville
Population	14,508 → 14,686 (+1.2%)	3,098 → 3,034 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$38,328 → $42,367 (+10.5%)	$24,279 → $57,240 (+135.8%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $135,900 (+33.6%)	$84,000 → $163,500 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $690 (+3.4%)	$622 → $946 (+52.1%)

Alexander City

Population

14,50814,686

Median household income

$38,328$42,367

Median home value

$101,700$135,900

Median gross rent

$667$690

Dadeville

Population

3,0983,034

Median household income

$24,279$57,240

Median home value

$84,000$163,500

Median gross rent

$622$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexander City	Dadeville
Under 5	6.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.4%
75 and over	9.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexander City	Dadeville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	58.3%
Black or African American	31.5%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexander City	Dadeville
No high school diploma	19.6%	23.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexander City	Dadeville
Drove alone	85.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexander City	Dadeville
1-unit, detached	72.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Alexander City	Dadeville
Poverty rate	21.8%	17.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1976	1976