Double Springs vs Natural Bridge

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

Double Springs and Natural Bridge 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 33 in Natural Bridge). Since 2019, Natural Bridge's population has grown faster (+725.0% vs -26.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
Population	1,188	33
Median age	42.7 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,250	—
Median home value	$125,000	—
Median gross rent	$363	—
Housing units	566	28
Homeownership rate	61.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
Population	1,610 → 1,188 (-26.2%)	4 → 33 (+725.0%)
Median household income	$26,442 → $32,250 (+22.0%)	$100,500 → $108,750 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $125,000 (+33.5%)	$135,000 → $133,900 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $363 (-24.7%)	—

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

Natural Bridge

Population

433

Median household income

$100,500$108,750

Median home value

$135,000$133,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	36.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	24.2%
75 and over	11.6%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	84.8%
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%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
No high school diploma	18.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
Drove alone	88.5%	93.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
1-unit, detached	56.4%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Double Springs	Natural Bridge
Poverty rate	32.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1978	1994