Alexander City vs Our Town

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

Alexander City and Our Town 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 596 in Our Town). Our Town has the higher median household income ($63,333 vs $42,367 in Alexander City). Since 2019, Alexander City's population has grown faster (+1.2% vs -13.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Alexander City	Our Town
Population	14,686	596
Median age	42.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,367	$63,333
Median home value	$135,900	—
Median gross rent	$690	—
Housing units	7,329	392
Homeownership rate	62.4%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexander City	Our Town
Population	14,508 → 14,686 (+1.2%)	688 → 596 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$38,328 → $42,367 (+10.5%)	$62,019 → $63,333 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $135,900 (+33.6%)	$100,600 → $115,700 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $690 (+3.4%)	—

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

Our Town

Population

688596

Median household income

$62,019$63,333

Median home value

$100,600$115,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexander City	Our Town
Under 5	6.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	27.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	5.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.6%
75 and over	9.4%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexander City	Our Town
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	73.7%
Black or African American	31.5%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexander City	Our Town
No high school diploma	19.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexander City	Our Town
Drove alone	85.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexander City	Our Town
1-unit, detached	72.0%	52.6%
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%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Alexander City	Our Town
Poverty rate	21.8%	24.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1976	1985