Dale County vs Jackson County

A side-by-side comparison of Dale County and Jackson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jackson County has the higher population (52,839 vs 49,516 in Dale County). Dale County has the higher median household income ($53,955 vs $49,454 in Jackson County). Jackson County has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $129,100 in Dale County).

Population, income & housing

	Dale County	Jackson County
Population	49,516	52,839
Median age	38.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,955	$49,454
Median home value	$129,100	$145,800
Median gross rent	$863	$762
Housing units	22,910	24,797
Homeownership rate	61.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale County	Jackson County
Population	49,277 → 49,516 (+0.5%)	51,852 → 52,839 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$47,214 → $53,955 (+14.3%)	$41,769 → $49,454 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$112,000 → $129,100 (+15.3%)	$104,900 → $145,800 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $863 (+18.2%)	$590 → $762 (+29.2%)

Dale County

Population

49,27749,516

Median household income

$47,214$53,955

Median home value

$112,000$129,100

Median gross rent

$730$863

Jackson County

Population

51,85252,839

Median household income

$41,769$49,454

Median home value

$104,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$590$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale County	Jackson County
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.4%
75 and over	7.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale County	Jackson County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	20.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale County	Jackson County
No high school diploma	14.3%	17.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale County	Jackson County
Drove alone	82.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale County	Jackson County
1-unit, detached	65.4%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Dale County	Jackson County
Poverty rate	18.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1982	1983