Jacksons' Gap vs Reeltown

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

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

Reeltown has the higher population (690 vs 554 in Jacksons' Gap). Reeltown has the higher median household income ($38,802 vs $31,667 in Jacksons' Gap). Jacksons' Gap has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $104,500 in Reeltown).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
Population	554	690
Median age	43.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,667	$38,802
Median home value	$108,700	$104,500
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	318	339
Homeownership rate	79.5%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
Population	698 → 554 (-20.6%)	274 → 690 (+151.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $31,667 (-41.1%)	$30,288 → $38,802 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $108,700 (+43.0%)	$79,100 → $104,500 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $775 (+2.8%)	—

Jacksons' Gap

Population

698554

Median household income

$53,750$31,667

Median home value

$76,000$108,700

Median gross rent

$754$775

Reeltown

Population

274690

Median household income

$30,288$38,802

Median home value

$79,100$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	27.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	20.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	24.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	4.9%
75 and over	11.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	72.5%
Black or African American	20.4%	25.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
No high school diploma	27.3%	20.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
Drove alone	88.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	8.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
1-unit, detached	70.4%	66.4%
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%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Jacksons' Gap	Reeltown
Poverty rate	15.7%	21.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1982	1995