Choctaw County vs Lamar County

A side-by-side comparison of Choctaw County and Lamar County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lamar County has the higher population (13,809 vs 12,525 in Choctaw County). Lamar County has the higher median household income ($47,447 vs $44,483 in Choctaw County). Lamar County has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $111,800 in Choctaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
Population	12,525	13,809
Median age	47.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,483	$47,447
Median home value	$111,800	$112,700
Median gross rent	$653	$548
Housing units	7,164	7,107
Homeownership rate	82.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
Population	12,925 → 12,525 (-3.1%)	13,885 → 13,809 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$35,892 → $44,483 (+23.9%)	$38,364 → $47,447 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $111,800 (+50.9%)	$80,900 → $112,700 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $653 (+24.4%)	$425 → $548 (+28.9%)

Choctaw County

Population

12,92512,525

Median household income

$35,892$44,483

Median home value

$74,100$111,800

Median gross rent

$525$653

Lamar County

Population

13,88513,809

Median household income

$38,364$47,447

Median home value

$80,900$112,700

Median gross rent

$425$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.4%
75 and over	10.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	85.9%
Black or African American	38.1%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
No high school diploma	15.8%	16.1%
High school graduate	40.5%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
Drove alone	81.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
1-unit, detached	60.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw County	Lamar County
Poverty rate	19.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1983	1978