Crenshaw County vs Hale County

A side-by-side comparison of Crenshaw County and Hale County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hale County has the higher population (14,749 vs 13,144 in Crenshaw County). Crenshaw County has the higher median household income ($49,040 vs $41,325 in Hale County). Hale County has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $108,400 in Crenshaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
Population	13,144	14,749
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,040	$41,325
Median home value	$108,400	$126,300
Median gross rent	$664	$723
Housing units	6,562	7,514
Homeownership rate	74.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
Population	13,844 → 13,144 (-5.1%)	14,809 → 14,749 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$43,163 → $49,040 (+13.6%)	$34,046 → $41,325 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $108,400 (+33.8%)	$89,300 → $126,300 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $664 (+23.6%)	$577 → $723 (+25.3%)

Crenshaw County

Population

13,84413,144

Median household income

$43,163$49,040

Median home value

$81,000$108,400

Median gross rent

$537$664

Hale County

Population

14,80914,749

Median household income

$34,046$41,325

Median home value

$89,300$126,300

Median gross rent

$577$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
Under 5	5.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	38.4%
Black or African American	23.3%	55.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
No high school diploma	17.4%	18.1%
High school graduate	41.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
Drove alone	78.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Crenshaw County	Hale County
Poverty rate	16.2%	23.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1981	1986