Arley vs Natural Bridge

A side-by-side comparison of Arley and Natural Bridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arley has the higher population (518 vs 33 in Natural Bridge). Since 2019, Natural Bridge's population has grown faster (+725.0% vs -9.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Arley	Natural Bridge
Population	518	33
Median age	34.8 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	—
Median home value	$86,000	—
Housing units	198	28
Homeownership rate	73.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arley	Natural Bridge
Population	574 → 518 (-9.8%)	4 → 33 (+725.0%)
Median household income	$41,563 → $48,036 (+15.6%)	$100,500 → $108,750 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $86,000 (-24.2%)	$135,000 → $133,900 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $531 (+21.2%)	—

Arley

Population

574518

Median household income

$41,563$48,036

Median home value

$113,400$86,000

Median gross rent

$438$531

Natural Bridge

Population

433

Median household income

$100,500$108,750

Median home value

$135,000$133,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arley	Natural Bridge
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	15.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	7.5%	36.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	24.2%
75 and over	4.2%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arley	Natural Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arley	Natural Bridge
No high school diploma	28.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arley	Natural Bridge
Drove alone	88.0%	93.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arley	Natural Bridge
1-unit, detached	51.5%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Arley	Natural Bridge
Poverty rate	38.8%	12.1%
Average household size	3.22	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1980	1994