Parrish vs Sumiton

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

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

Sumiton has the higher population (2,506 vs 1,093 in Parrish). Sumiton has the higher median household income ($62,226 vs $25,769 in Parrish). Sumiton has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $49,900 in Parrish).

Population, income & housing

	Parrish	Sumiton
Population	1,093	2,506
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$25,769	$62,226
Median home value	$49,900	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,033	$765
Housing units	510	1,299
Homeownership rate	58.1%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parrish	Sumiton
Population	1,087 → 1,093 (+0.6%)	2,472 → 2,506 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $25,769 (-27.7%)	$44,293 → $62,226 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$35,800 → $49,900 (+39.4%)	$128,900 → $176,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $1,033 (+74.5%)	$534 → $765 (+43.3%)

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

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)

	Parrish	Sumiton
Under 5	5.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	18.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.7%
75 and over	3.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parrish	Sumiton
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	97.0%
Black or African American	24.0%	2.4%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parrish	Sumiton
No high school diploma	33.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	39.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parrish	Sumiton
Drove alone	73.9%	80.9%
Carpooled	19.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parrish	Sumiton
1-unit, detached	68.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Parrish	Sumiton
Poverty rate	33.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1962	1977