Bullock County vs Wilcox County

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

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

Wilcox County has the higher population (10,347 vs 10,157 in Bullock County). Wilcox County has the higher median household income ($42,236 vs $36,723 in Bullock County). Wilcox County has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $79,400 in Bullock County).

Population, income & housing

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
Population	10,157	10,347
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,723	$42,236
Median home value	$79,400	$84,200
Median gross rent	$635	$699
Housing units	4,554	5,314
Homeownership rate	63.5%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
Population	10,248 → 10,157 (-0.9%)	10,681 → 10,347 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$37,785 → $36,723 (-2.8%)	$31,014 → $42,236 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $79,400 (+12.9%)	$79,400 → $84,200 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $635 (-2.9%)	$509 → $699 (+37.3%)

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

Wilcox County

Population

10,68110,347

Median household income

$31,014$42,236

Median home value

$79,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$509$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.7%
75 and over	7.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	27.5%
Black or African American	71.2%	70.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
No high school diploma	26.0%	22.1%
High school graduate	40.6%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
Drove alone	87.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	1.7%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
1-unit, detached	42.6%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	43.7%	34.9%

Poverty & households

	Bullock County	Wilcox County
Poverty rate	25.7%	29.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1988	1985