St. Stephens vs Vinegar Bend

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

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

St. Stephens has the higher population (350 vs 198 in Vinegar Bend). Since 2019, St. Stephens's population has grown faster (-20.6% vs -48.3%).

Population, income & housing

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
Population	350	198
Median age	60.8 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median home value	$127,900	—
Housing units	135	167
Homeownership rate	94.1%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
Population	441 → 350 (-20.6%)	383 → 198 (-48.3%)
Median household income	$43,780 → $50,042 (+14.3%)	—
Median home value	$104,200 → $127,900 (+22.7%)	$71,800 → $72,900 (+1.5%)

St. Stephens

Population

441350

Median household income

$43,780$50,042

Median home value

$104,200$127,900

Vinegar Bend

Population

383198

Median home value

$71,800$72,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	51.5%
65 to 74	30.0%	19.7%
75 and over	12.0%	28.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	39.9%
Black or African American	67.1%	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+

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
No high school diploma	3.5%	34.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	1.0%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
Drove alone	24.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	75.8%	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)

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
1-unit, detached	71.9%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	18.5%	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	9.6%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	St. Stephens	Vinegar Bend
Poverty rate	9.4%	51.5%
Average household size	2.59	1.36
Median year structure built	1977	1974