Crenshaw County vs Lamar County

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

Crenshaw 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 13,144 in Crenshaw County). Crenshaw County has the higher median household income ($49,040 vs $47,447 in Lamar County). Lamar County has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $108,400 in Crenshaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
Population	13,144	13,809
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,040	$47,447
Median home value	$108,400	$112,700
Median gross rent	$664	$548
Housing units	6,562	7,107
Homeownership rate	74.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
Population	13,844 → 13,144 (-5.1%)	13,885 → 13,809 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$43,163 → $49,040 (+13.6%)	$38,364 → $47,447 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $108,400 (+33.8%)	$80,900 → $112,700 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $664 (+23.6%)	$425 → $548 (+28.9%)

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

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)

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.4%
75 and over	7.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	23.3%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
No high school diploma	17.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	41.3%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
Drove alone	78.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Crenshaw County	Lamar County
Poverty rate	16.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1981	1978