Clarke County vs Geneva County

A side-by-side comparison of Clarke County and Geneva County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Geneva County has the higher population (26,726 vs 22,802 in Clarke County). Geneva County has the higher median household income ($50,951 vs $49,167 in Clarke County). Clarke County has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $120,200 in Geneva County).

Population, income & housing

	Clarke County	Geneva County
Population	22,802	26,726
Median age	42.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$50,951
Median home value	$126,400	$120,200
Median gross rent	$785	$757
Housing units	11,727	12,555
Homeownership rate	70.9%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarke County	Geneva County
Population	24,128 → 22,802 (-5.5%)	26,417 → 26,726 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$37,404 → $49,167 (+31.4%)	$41,732 → $50,951 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $126,400 (+12.4%)	$100,900 → $120,200 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $785 (+41.4%)	$625 → $757 (+21.1%)

Clarke County

Population

24,12822,802

Median household income

$37,404$49,167

Median home value

$112,500$126,400

Median gross rent

$555$785

Geneva County

Population

26,41726,726

Median household income

$41,732$50,951

Median home value

$100,900$120,200

Median gross rent

$625$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarke County	Geneva County
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.0%
75 and over	8.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarke County	Geneva County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	80.8%
Black or African American	45.3%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarke County	Geneva County
No high school diploma	14.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	42.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarke County	Geneva County
Drove alone	89.1%	87.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarke County	Geneva County
1-unit, detached	66.8%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Clarke County	Geneva County
Poverty rate	20.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1982	1981