Parrish vs Sipsey

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

Parrish and Sipsey 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 283 in Sipsey). Parrish has the higher median household income ($25,769 vs $25,179 in Sipsey). Since 2019, Parrish's population has grown faster (+0.6% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Parrish	Sipsey
Population	1,093	283
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$25,769	$25,179
Median home value	$49,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,033	$919
Housing units	510	137
Homeownership rate	58.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parrish	Sipsey
Population	1,087 → 1,093 (+0.6%)	373 → 283 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $25,769 (-27.7%)	$25,938 → $25,179 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$35,800 → $49,900 (+39.4%)	$49,100 → $53,100 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $1,033 (+74.5%)	$833 → $919 (+10.3%)

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

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)

	Parrish	Sipsey
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	22.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	19.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.7%
75 and over	3.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parrish	Sipsey
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	62.2%
Black or African American	24.0%	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	6.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parrish	Sipsey
No high school diploma	33.6%	34.0%
High school graduate	39.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parrish	Sipsey
Drove alone	73.9%	89.9%
Carpooled	19.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parrish	Sipsey
1-unit, detached	68.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	35.0%

Poverty & households

	Parrish	Sipsey
Poverty rate	33.4%	19.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1962	1975