Barbour County vs Geneva County

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

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

Geneva County has the higher population (26,726 vs 24,757 in Barbour County). Geneva County has the higher median household income ($50,951 vs $44,290 in Barbour County). Geneva County has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $109,900 in Barbour County).

Population, income & housing

	Barbour County	Geneva County
Population	24,757	26,726
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,290	$50,951
Median home value	$109,900	$120,200
Median gross rent	$644	$757
Housing units	11,702	12,555
Homeownership rate	67.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbour County	Geneva County
Population	25,361 → 24,757 (-2.4%)	26,417 → 26,726 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$32,525 → $44,290 (+36.2%)	$41,732 → $50,951 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $109,900 (+21.2%)	$100,900 → $120,200 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $644 (+11.8%)	$625 → $757 (+21.1%)

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

Geneva County

Population

26,41726,726

Median household income

$41,732$50,951

Median home value

$100,900$120,200

Median gross rent

$625$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbour County	Geneva County
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.0%
75 and over	8.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbour County	Geneva County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	80.8%
Black or African American	46.9%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbour County	Geneva County
No high school diploma	22.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbour County	Geneva County
Drove alone	82.4%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbour County	Geneva County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Barbour County	Geneva County
Poverty rate	21.9%	19.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1982	1981