Malcolm vs Vinegar Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Malcolm and Vinegar Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Malcolm has the higher population (305 vs 198 in Vinegar Bend). Since 2019, Malcolm's population has grown faster (-13.8% vs -48.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
Population	305	198
Median age	35.2 yrs	62.0 yrs
Housing units	120	167
Homeownership rate	0.0%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
Population	354 → 305 (-13.8%)	383 → 198 (-48.3%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $45,100 (+0.2%)	$71,800 → $72,900 (+1.5%)

Malcolm

Population

354305

Median home value

$45,000$45,100

Vinegar Bend

Population

383198

Median home value

$71,800$72,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	41.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	37.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.6%	51.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.7%
75 and over	0.0%	28.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	39.9%
Black or African American	100.0%	60.1%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
No high school diploma	63.1%	34.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	1.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
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)

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.9%
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	0.0%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Malcolm	Vinegar Bend
Poverty rate	100.0%	51.5%
Average household size	4.62	1.36
Median year structure built	—	1974