Eldridge vs Parrish

A side-by-side comparison of Eldridge and Parrish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parrish has the higher population (1,093 vs 96 in Eldridge). Eldridge has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $25,769 in Parrish). Eldridge has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $49,900 in Parrish).

Population, income & housing

	Eldridge	Parrish
Population	96	1,093
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$25,769
Median home value	$141,700	$49,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,033
Housing units	38	510
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldridge	Parrish
Population	153 → 96 (-37.3%)	1,087 → 1,093 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $85,000 (+54.5%)	$35,625 → $25,769 (-27.7%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $141,700 (+157.6%)	$35,800 → $49,900 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$592 → $1,033 (+74.5%)

Eldridge

Population

15396

Median household income

$55,000$85,000

Median home value

$55,000$141,700

Parrish

Population

1,0871,093

Median household income

$35,625$25,769

Median home value

$35,800$49,900

Median gross rent

$592$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldridge	Parrish
Under 5	2.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	34.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.1%
75 and over	3.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldridge	Parrish
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	67.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	24.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldridge	Parrish
No high school diploma	5.4%	33.6%
High school graduate	48.2%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldridge	Parrish
Drove alone	87.8%	73.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldridge	Parrish
1-unit, detached	81.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Eldridge	Parrish
Poverty rate	6.0%	33.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1980	1962