Alexander City vs New Site

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

Alexander City and New Site 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 740 in New Site). New Site has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $42,367 in Alexander City). New Site has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $135,900 in Alexander City).

Population, income & housing

	Alexander City	New Site
Population	14,686	740
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,367	$66,875
Median home value	$135,900	$166,700
Median gross rent	$690	$586
Housing units	7,329	390
Homeownership rate	62.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexander City	New Site
Population	14,508 → 14,686 (+1.2%)	841 → 740 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$38,328 → $42,367 (+10.5%)	$52,232 → $66,875 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $135,900 (+33.6%)	$106,500 → $166,700 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $690 (+3.4%)	$738 → $586 (-20.6%)

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

New Site

Population

841740

Median household income

$52,232$66,875

Median home value

$106,500$166,700

Median gross rent

$738$586

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexander City	New Site
Under 5	6.5%	0.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.5%
75 and over	9.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexander City	New Site
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	31.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexander City	New Site
No high school diploma	19.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	33.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexander City	New Site
Drove alone	85.7%	91.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexander City	New Site
1-unit, detached	72.0%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Alexander City	New Site
Poverty rate	21.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1976	1979