Jacksons' Gap vs New Site

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksons' Gap and New Site: population, income, housing, and more.

Jacksons' Gap and New Site are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Site has the higher population (740 vs 554 in Jacksons' Gap). New Site has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $31,667 in Jacksons' Gap). New Site has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $108,700 in Jacksons' Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
Population	554	740
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,667	$66,875
Median home value	$108,700	$166,700
Median gross rent	$775	$586
Housing units	318	390
Homeownership rate	79.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
Population	698 → 554 (-20.6%)	841 → 740 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $31,667 (-41.1%)	$52,232 → $66,875 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $108,700 (+43.0%)	$106,500 → $166,700 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $775 (+2.8%)	$738 → $586 (-20.6%)

Jacksons' Gap

Population

698554

Median household income

$53,750$31,667

Median home value

$76,000$108,700

Median gross rent

$754$775

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)

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
Under 5	2.5%	0.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	20.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.5%
75 and over	11.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	88.0%
Black or African American	20.4%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
No high school diploma	27.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
Drove alone	88.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
1-unit, detached	70.4%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Jacksons' Gap	New Site
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1982	1979