Barbour County vs Clarke County

A side-by-side comparison of Barbour County and Clarke County: population, income, housing, and more.

Barbour County and Clarke County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barbour County has the higher population (24,757 vs 22,802 in Clarke County). Clarke County has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $44,290 in Barbour County). Clarke County has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $109,900 in Barbour County).

Population, income & housing

	Barbour County	Clarke County
Population	24,757	22,802
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,290	$49,167
Median home value	$109,900	$126,400
Median gross rent	$644	$785
Housing units	11,702	11,727
Homeownership rate	67.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbour County	Clarke County
Population	25,361 → 24,757 (-2.4%)	24,128 → 22,802 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$32,525 → $44,290 (+36.2%)	$37,404 → $49,167 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $109,900 (+21.2%)	$112,500 → $126,400 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $644 (+11.8%)	$555 → $785 (+41.4%)

Barbour County

Population

25,36124,757

Median household income

$32,525$44,290

Median home value

$90,700$109,900

Median gross rent

$576$644

Clarke County

Population

24,12822,802

Median household income

$37,404$49,167

Median home value

$112,500$126,400

Median gross rent

$555$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbour County	Clarke County
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.9%
75 and over	8.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbour County	Clarke County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	51.2%
Black or African American	46.9%	45.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbour County	Clarke County
No high school diploma	22.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbour County	Clarke County
Drove alone	82.4%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbour County	Clarke County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Barbour County	Clarke County
Poverty rate	21.9%	20.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1982	1982