Barbour County vs Winston County

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

Barbour County and Winston 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 23,637 in Winston County). Winston County has the higher median household income ($48,032 vs $44,290 in Barbour County). Winston County has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $109,900 in Barbour County).

Population, income & housing

	Barbour County	Winston County
Population	24,757	23,637
Median age	40.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,290	$48,032
Median home value	$109,900	$110,500
Median gross rent	$644	$744
Housing units	11,702	13,111
Homeownership rate	67.5%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbour County	Winston County
Population	25,361 → 24,757 (-2.4%)	23,784 → 23,637 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$32,525 → $44,290 (+36.2%)	$35,788 → $48,032 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $109,900 (+21.2%)	$86,100 → $110,500 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $644 (+11.8%)	$529 → $744 (+40.6%)

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

Winston County

Population

23,78423,637

Median household income

$35,788$48,032

Median home value

$86,100$110,500

Median gross rent

$529$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbour County	Winston County
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.7%
75 and over	8.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbour County	Winston County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	46.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbour County	Winston County
No high school diploma	22.2%	21.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbour County	Winston County
Drove alone	82.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbour County	Winston County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Barbour County	Winston County
Poverty rate	21.9%	19.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1982	1987