Holt vs Tuscaloosa

A side-by-side comparison of Holt and Tuscaloosa: population, income, housing, and more.

Holt and Tuscaloosa are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tuscaloosa has the higher population (107,699 vs 3,540 in Holt). Tuscaloosa has the higher median household income ($48,536 vs $46,379 in Holt). Tuscaloosa has the higher median home value ($236,600 vs $109,300 in Holt).

Population, income & housing

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
Population	3,540	107,699
Median age	31.9 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,379	$48,536
Median home value	$109,300	$236,600
Median gross rent	$1,014	$1,005
Housing units	1,259	51,197
Homeownership rate	63.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
Population	3,952 → 3,540 (-10.4%)	99,390 → 107,699 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $46,379 (+54.6%)	$45,268 → $48,536 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $109,300 (+61.9%)	$178,900 → $236,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $1,014 (+71.6%)	$844 → $1,005 (+19.1%)

Holt

Population

3,9523,540

Median household income

$30,000$46,379

Median home value

$67,500$109,300

Median gross rent

$591$1,014

Tuscaloosa

Population

99,390107,699

Median household income

$45,268$48,536

Median home value

$178,900$236,600

Median gross rent

$844$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	27.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	26.1%	47.7%
Black or African American	51.2%	42.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
No high school diploma	20.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	47.7%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
Drove alone	81.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
1-unit, detached	72.9%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Holt	Tuscaloosa
Poverty rate	18.8%	23.8%
Average household size	3.43	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1964	1988