Bullock County vs Sumter County

A side-by-side comparison of Bullock County and Sumter County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sumter County has the higher population (12,020 vs 10,157 in Bullock County). Sumter County has the higher median household income ($37,981 vs $36,723 in Bullock County). Sumter County has the higher median home value ($84,100 vs $79,400 in Bullock County).

Population, income & housing

	Bullock County	Sumter County
Population	10,157	12,020
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,723	$37,981
Median home value	$79,400	$84,100
Median gross rent	$635	$841
Housing units	4,554	6,329
Homeownership rate	63.5%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bullock County	Sumter County
Population	10,248 → 10,157 (-0.9%)	12,797 → 12,020 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$37,785 → $36,723 (-2.8%)	$24,320 → $37,981 (+56.2%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $79,400 (+12.9%)	$74,400 → $84,100 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $635 (-2.9%)	$518 → $841 (+62.4%)

Bullock County

Population

10,24810,157

Median household income

$37,785$36,723

Median home value

$70,300$79,400

Median gross rent

$654$635

Sumter County

Population

12,79712,020

Median household income

$24,320$37,981

Median home value

$74,400$84,100

Median gross rent

$518$841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bullock County	Sumter County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	21.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.5%
75 and over	7.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bullock County	Sumter County
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	25.4%
Black or African American	71.2%	71.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bullock County	Sumter County
No high school diploma	26.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bullock County	Sumter County
Drove alone	87.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	8.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bullock County	Sumter County
1-unit, detached	42.6%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	43.7%	36.2%

Poverty & households

	Bullock County	Sumter County
Poverty rate	25.7%	28.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1988	1980