Huntsville vs Winfield

A side-by-side comparison of Huntsville and Winfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Huntsville and Winfield are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Huntsville has the higher population (1,632 vs 1,166 in Winfield). Winfield has the higher median household income ($40,268 vs $27,266 in Huntsville). Since 2019, Winfield's population has grown faster (+12.7% vs +9.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Huntsville	Winfield
Population	1,632	1,166
Median age	42.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,266	$40,268
Median home value	—	$101,000
Median gross rent	$625	$695
Housing units	850	528
Homeownership rate	32.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntsville	Winfield
Population	1,494 → 1,632 (+9.2%)	1,035 → 1,166 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$22,669 → $27,266 (+20.3%)	$35,804 → $40,268 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $109,700 (-9.1%)	$82,500 → $101,000 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$427 → $625 (+46.4%)	$602 → $695 (+15.4%)

Huntsville

Population

1,4941,632

Median household income

$22,669$27,266

Median home value

$120,700$109,700

Median gross rent

$427$625

Winfield

Population

1,0351,166

Median household income

$35,804$40,268

Median home value

$82,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$602$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntsville	Winfield
Under 5	2.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	15.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	24.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.3%
75 and over	4.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntsville	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	99.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntsville	Winfield
No high school diploma	21.3%	16.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntsville	Winfield
Drove alone	79.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntsville	Winfield
1-unit, detached	55.4%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Huntsville	Winfield
Poverty rate	42.3%	24.8%
Average household size	1.86	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1982	1992