Calhoun County vs Limestone County

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun County and Limestone County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calhoun County has the higher population (116,141 vs 107,577 in Limestone County). Limestone County has the higher median household income ($83,534 vs $55,826 in Calhoun County). Limestone County has the higher median home value ($255,100 vs $149,500 in Calhoun County).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
Population	116,141	107,577
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,826	$83,534
Median home value	$149,500	$255,100
Median gross rent	$804	$908
Housing units	53,271	43,487
Homeownership rate	70.4%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
Population	114,618 → 116,141 (+1.3%)	94,727 → 107,577 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$47,255 → $55,826 (+18.1%)	$59,686 → $83,534 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$118,000 → $149,500 (+26.7%)	$158,800 → $255,100 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $804 (+12.3%)	$691 → $908 (+31.4%)

Calhoun County

Population

114,618116,141

Median household income

$47,255$55,826

Median home value

$118,000$149,500

Median gross rent

$716$804

Limestone County

Population

94,727107,577

Median household income

$59,686$83,534

Median home value

$158,800$255,100

Median gross rent

$691$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.4%
75 and over	7.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	73.5%
Black or African American	21.6%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
No high school diploma	13.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
Drove alone	85.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
1-unit, detached	71.6%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun County	Limestone County
Poverty rate	17.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1979	1996