Double Springs vs Lynn

A side-by-side comparison of Double Springs and Lynn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Double Springs has the higher population (1,188 vs 821 in Lynn). Lynn has the higher median household income ($41,811 vs $32,250 in Double Springs). Double Springs has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $59,400 in Lynn).

Population, income & housing

	Double Springs	Lynn
Population	1,188	821
Median age	42.7 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,250	$41,811
Median home value	$125,000	$59,400
Median gross rent	$363	$767
Housing units	566	407
Homeownership rate	61.2%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Double Springs	Lynn
Population	1,610 → 1,188 (-26.2%)	635 → 821 (+29.3%)
Median household income	$26,442 → $32,250 (+22.0%)	$32,031 → $41,811 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $125,000 (+33.5%)	$79,400 → $59,400 (-25.2%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $363 (-24.7%)	$638 → $767 (+20.2%)

Double Springs

Population

1,6101,188

Median household income

$26,442$32,250

Median home value

$93,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$482$363

Lynn

Population

635821

Median household income

$32,031$41,811

Median home value

$79,400$59,400

Median gross rent

$638$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Double Springs	Lynn
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	1.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	11.6%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Double Springs	Lynn
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	98.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
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	4.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Double Springs	Lynn
No high school diploma	18.6%	24.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Double Springs	Lynn
Drove alone	88.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	2.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Double Springs	Lynn
1-unit, detached	56.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Double Springs	Lynn
Poverty rate	32.9%	26.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1978	1982