Northport vs Tuscaloosa

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

Northport 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 30,991 in Northport). Northport has the higher median household income ($77,781 vs $48,536 in Tuscaloosa). Northport has the higher median home value ($258,800 vs $236,600 in Tuscaloosa).

Population, income & housing

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
Population	30,991	107,699
Median age	36.2 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,781	$48,536
Median home value	$258,800	$236,600
Median gross rent	$954	$1,005
Housing units	13,196	51,197
Homeownership rate	60.9%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
Population	25,874 → 30,991 (+19.8%)	99,390 → 107,699 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$59,836 → $77,781 (+30.0%)	$45,268 → $48,536 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$177,200 → $258,800 (+46.0%)	$178,900 → $236,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $954 (+15.8%)	$844 → $1,005 (+19.1%)

Northport

Population

25,87430,991

Median household income

$59,836$77,781

Median home value

$177,200$258,800

Median gross rent

$824$954

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)

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
Under 5	7.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	27.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	47.7%
Black or African American	26.4%	42.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	23.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
Drove alone	85.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
1-unit, detached	69.3%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	20.5%
20 or more units	5.2%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Northport	Tuscaloosa
Poverty rate	12.6%	23.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1992	1988