Alexander City vs Reeltown

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

Alexander City and Reeltown 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 690 in Reeltown). Alexander City has the higher median household income ($42,367 vs $38,802 in Reeltown). Alexander City has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $104,500 in Reeltown).

Population, income & housing

	Alexander City	Reeltown
Population	14,686	690
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,367	$38,802
Median home value	$135,900	$104,500
Median gross rent	$690	—
Housing units	7,329	339
Homeownership rate	62.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexander City	Reeltown
Population	14,508 → 14,686 (+1.2%)	274 → 690 (+151.8%)
Median household income	$38,328 → $42,367 (+10.5%)	$30,288 → $38,802 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $135,900 (+33.6%)	$79,100 → $104,500 (+32.1%)
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

Reeltown

Population

274690

Median household income

$30,288$38,802

Median home value

$79,100$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexander City	Reeltown
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	27.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	24.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	4.9%
75 and over	9.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexander City	Reeltown
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	72.5%
Black or African American	31.5%	25.4%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexander City	Reeltown
No high school diploma	19.6%	20.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexander City	Reeltown
Drove alone	85.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.3%	8.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexander City	Reeltown
1-unit, detached	72.0%	66.4%
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%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Alexander City	Reeltown
Poverty rate	21.8%	21.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1976	1995