Nauvoo vs Sipsey

A side-by-side comparison of Nauvoo and Sipsey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sipsey has the higher population (283 vs 233 in Nauvoo). Nauvoo has the higher median household income ($46,000 vs $25,179 in Sipsey). Since 2019, Nauvoo's population has grown faster (+68.8% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
Population	233	283
Median age	34.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,000	$25,179
Median home value	$72,900	—
Median gross rent	$917	$919
Housing units	116	137
Homeownership rate	85.2%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
Population	138 → 233 (+68.8%)	373 → 283 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $46,000 (+37.6%)	$25,938 → $25,179 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $72,900 (+26.8%)	$49,100 → $53,100 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $917 (+48.6%)	$833 → $919 (+10.3%)

Nauvoo

Population

138233

Median household income

$33,438$46,000

Median home value

$57,500$72,900

Median gross rent

$617$917

Sipsey

Population

373283

Median household income

$25,938$25,179

Median home value

$49,100$53,100

Median gross rent

$833$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	0.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	22.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.7%
75 and over	3.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	62.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	37.8%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
No high school diploma	42.1%	34.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
Drove alone	79.5%	89.9%
Carpooled	20.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
1-unit, detached	51.7%	65.0%
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	48.3%	35.0%

Poverty & households

	Nauvoo	Sipsey
Poverty rate	17.2%	19.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	45	33
Median year structure built	1976	1975