Cullman County vs Elmore County

A side-by-side comparison of Cullman County and Elmore County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cullman County has the higher population (89,463 vs 88,669 in Elmore County). Elmore County has the higher median household income ($75,553 vs $60,916 in Cullman County). Elmore County has the higher median home value ($213,600 vs $180,500 in Cullman County).

Population, income & housing

	Cullman County	Elmore County
Population	89,463	88,669
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,916	$75,553
Median home value	$180,500	$213,600
Median gross rent	$883	$1,014
Housing units	39,538	37,085
Homeownership rate	76.4%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cullman County	Elmore County
Population	82,853 → 89,463 (+8.0%)	81,144 → 88,669 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$44,918 → $60,916 (+35.6%)	$60,891 → $75,553 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$128,600 → $180,500 (+40.4%)	$166,600 → $213,600 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $883 (+25.1%)	$892 → $1,014 (+13.7%)

Cullman County

Population

82,85389,463

Median household income

$44,918$60,916

Median home value

$128,600$180,500

Median gross rent

$706$883

Elmore County

Population

81,14488,669

Median household income

$60,891$75,553

Median home value

$166,600$213,600

Median gross rent

$892$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cullman County	Elmore County
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.8%
75 and over	7.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cullman County	Elmore County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	72.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cullman County	Elmore County
No high school diploma	15.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cullman County	Elmore County
Drove alone	83.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cullman County	Elmore County
1-unit, detached	69.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Cullman County	Elmore County
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1985	1995