Jasper vs Sumiton

A side-by-side comparison of Jasper and Sumiton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jasper has the higher population (14,480 vs 2,506 in Sumiton). Jasper has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $62,226 in Sumiton). Jasper has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $176,500 in Sumiton).

Population, income & housing

	Jasper	Sumiton
Population	14,480	2,506
Median age	36.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$62,226
Median home value	$208,000	$176,500
Median gross rent	$722	$765
Housing units	6,109	1,299
Homeownership rate	67.2%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jasper	Sumiton
Population	13,649 → 14,480 (+6.1%)	2,472 → 2,506 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$49,201 → $66,250 (+34.7%)	$44,293 → $62,226 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$150,300 → $208,000 (+38.4%)	$128,900 → $176,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $722 (+15.5%)	$534 → $765 (+43.3%)

Jasper

Population

13,64914,480

Median household income

$49,201$66,250

Median home value

$150,300$208,000

Median gross rent

$625$722

Sumiton

Population

2,4722,506

Median household income

$44,293$62,226

Median home value

$128,900$176,500

Median gross rent

$534$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jasper	Sumiton
Under 5	7.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	20.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	18.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.7%
75 and over	7.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jasper	Sumiton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	11.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jasper	Sumiton
No high school diploma	10.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jasper	Sumiton
Drove alone	86.8%	80.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jasper	Sumiton
1-unit, detached	73.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Jasper	Sumiton
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1978	1977