New Site vs Reeltown

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

New Site and Reeltown 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 690 in Reeltown). New Site has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $38,802 in Reeltown). New Site has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $104,500 in Reeltown).

Population, income & housing

	New Site	Reeltown
Population	740	690
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$38,802
Median home value	$166,700	$104,500
Median gross rent	$586	—
Housing units	390	339
Homeownership rate	86.6%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Site	Reeltown
Population	841 → 740 (-12.0%)	274 → 690 (+151.8%)
Median household income	$52,232 → $66,875 (+28.0%)	$30,288 → $38,802 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $166,700 (+56.5%)	$79,100 → $104,500 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $586 (-20.6%)	—

New Site

Population

841740

Median household income

$52,232$66,875

Median home value

$106,500$166,700

Median gross rent

$738$586

Reeltown

Population

274690

Median household income

$30,288$38,802

Median home value

$79,100$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Site	Reeltown
Under 5	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	27.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	24.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	4.9%
75 and over	12.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Site	Reeltown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	72.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	25.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Site	Reeltown
No high school diploma	13.3%	20.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Site	Reeltown
Drove alone	91.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	8.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Site	Reeltown
1-unit, detached	88.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	New Site	Reeltown
Poverty rate	13.0%	21.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1979	1995